| VID |
17028 |
| Severity |
20 |
| Port |
111 |
| Protocol |
TCP,UDP |
| Class |
RPC |
| Detailed Description |
The rquotad service is running. rquotad is an RPC server that returns quotas for a user of a local file system mounted by a remote machine over the NFS. The rquotad daemon is normally invoked by inetd.
* References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/265 |
| Recommendation |
If you do not use this service, then disable it as it may become a security threat in the future, if a vulnerability is discovered.
To disable 'rqoutad' service,
first, you become a root, and then stop the service like the following:
# rpcinfo -d [program num] [version num]
And comment its entry by putting a # at the beginning of the line and revoke 'inetd' daemon.
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 with 'rqoutad' in /etc/rpc
3. # pkill -HUP (x)inetd |
| Related URL |
CVE-1999-0625 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
(SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
(ISS) |
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