The macOS system must issue or obtain public key certificates under an appropriate certificate policy from an approved service provider.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-81657	AOSX-13-000750	SV-96371r1_rule		Medium

Description
DoD-approved certificates must be installed to the System Keychain so they will be available to all users. For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at medium assurance or higher, this Certification Authority will suffice. This control focuses on certificates with a visibility external to the information system and does not include certificates related to internal system operations; for example, application-specific time services. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034, SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

Description

DoD-approved certificates must be installed to the System Keychain so they will be available to all users. For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB policy. For federal agencies operating a legacy public key infrastructure cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at medium assurance or higher, this Certification Authority will suffice. This control focuses on certificates with a visibility external to the information system and does not include certificates related to internal system operations; for example, application-specific time services. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034, SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.13 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-05-29

Details

Check Text ( C-81433r1_chk )
To view a list of installed certificates, run the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/security dump-keychain \| /usr/bin/grep labl \| awk -F\" '{ print $4 }' If this list does not contain approved certificates, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-88505r1_fix)
Obtain the approved DOD certificates from the appropriate authority. Use Keychain Access from "/Applications/Utilities" to add certificates to the System Keychain.