Details
This entry starts the dtspc service when required. This service is used in response to a CDE client request.
The dtspc service deals with the CDE interface of the X11 daemon. It is started automatically by the inetd daemon in response to a CDE client requesting a process to be started on the daemon’s host. This makes it vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks, which may allow an attacker to gain root privileges on a host. This service must be disabled unless it is absolutely required.
Solution
In /etc/inetd.conf, comment out the dtspc entry-
chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v ‘dtspc’ -p ‘tcp’
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.