Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-59825 | AOSX-10-001275 | SV-74255r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Web Sharing is non-essential and must be disabled. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized. |
STIG | Date |
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Apple OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2017-04-06 |
Check Text ( C-60581r2_chk ) |
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To check if the 'Web Sharing' service is disabled, use the following command: sudo launchctl print-disabled system | grep org.apache.httpd If the results do not show the following: "org.apache.httpd" => true this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-65235r1_fix) |
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To disable the 'Web Sharing' service, run the following command: sudo launchctl disable system/org.apache.httpd The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect. |