| VID |
17014 |
| Severity |
20 |
| Port |
111 |
| Protocol |
TCP,UDP |
| Class |
RPC |
| Detailed Description |
The RPC nlockmgr service is running. The nlockmgr is part of the file locking manager system for NFS. It forwards local file locking requests to the lock manager on the server system. The nlockmgr service registers with the RPC portmapper as program 100021.
* References:
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/273.php |
| Recommendation |
Disable the 'nlockmgr' rpc service if your system is not acting as either an NFS client or server.
Solaris 10, Solaris 11, Enterprise Linux 6.4, CentOS 6.4, Fedora 19:
1. you become a root, and then stop the service like the following:
# rpcinfo -d [program num] [version num]
2. comment its entry by putting a # at the beginning of the line 'nlockmgr' in /etc/rpc
3. # pkill -HUP (x)inetd |
| Related URL |
(CVE) |
| Related URL |
(SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
(ISS) |
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