Rule ID
SV-45938r1_rule
Version
V1R12
CCIs
The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending e-mail between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication as well as encryption.
# chkconfig uucp or: # chkconfig --list | grep uucp If UUCP is found enabled, this is a finding.
# chkconfig uucp off # service uucp stop # service xinetd restart