The finger service must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-59729	AOSX-10-001115	SV-74159r1_rule		Medium

Description
The finger service has had several security vulnerabilities in the past and is not a necessary service. It is disabled by default; enabling it would increase the attack surface of the system.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-04-06

Details

Check Text ( C-60499r3_chk )
To check if the 'finger' service is disabled, use the following command: sudo launchctl print-disabled system | grep com.apple.fingerd If the results do not show the following: "com.apple.fingerd" => true this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-65139r1_fix)
To disable the 'finger' service, run the following command: sudo launchctl disable system/com.apple.fingerd The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.