STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The AIX global initialization files must contain the mesg -n or mesg n commands.

DISA Rule

SV-215342r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215342

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003036

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the global initialization files that do not contain "mesg n" command and add the following line to the initialization files:
mesg n

Check Contents

Check global initialization files for the presence of "mesg n" command by running:

# grep "mesg" /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/security/environ /etc/security/.profile /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc
/etc/profile:mesg n
/etc/environment:mesg n

If any global initialization file does not contain "mesg n", or it contains the "mesg y" command, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215342

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003036

Severity Override Guidance

Check global initialization files for the presence of "mesg n" command by running:

# grep "mesg" /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/security/environ /etc/security/.profile /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc
/etc/profile:mesg n
/etc/environment:mesg n

If any global initialization file does not contain "mesg n", or it contains the "mesg y" command, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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