The macOS system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality and integrity of remote access sessions including transmitted data and data during preparation for transmission.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-209530	AOSX-14-000011	SV-209530r610285_rule		High

Description
Without confidentiality and integrity protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. Remote access is access to DoD non-public information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Encryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection (e.g., Remote Desktop Protocol [RDP]), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information. SSHD should be enabled to facilitate secure remote access. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187, SRG-OS-000424-GPOS-00188

Description

Without confidentiality and integrity protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. Remote access is access to DoD non-public information systems by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access methods include, for example, dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Encryption provides a means to secure the remote connection to prevent unauthorized access to the data traversing the remote access connection (e.g., Remote Desktop Protocol [RDP]), thereby providing a degree of confidentiality. The encryption strength of a mechanism is selected based on the security categorization of the information. SSHD should be enabled to facilitate secure remote access. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187, SRG-OS-000424-GPOS-00188

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.14 (Mojave) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-12-11

Details

Check Text ( C-9781r466330_chk )
To verify that the installed version of SSH is correct, run the following command: ssh -V If the string that is returned does not include "OpenSSH_7.9p1" or greater, this is a finding. To check if the "SSHD" service is enabled, use the following commands: /usr/bin/sudo launchctl print-disabled system \| grep sshd If the results do not show "com.openssh.sshd => false", this is a finding. To check that "SSHD" is currently running, use the following command: /usr/bin/sudo launchctl print system/com.openssh.sshd If the result is the following, "Could not find service "com.openssh.sshd" in domain for system", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-9781r466330_chk )

To verify that the installed version of SSH is correct, run the following command:

ssh -V

If the string that is returned does not include "OpenSSH_7.9p1" or greater, this is a finding.

To check if the "SSHD" service is enabled, use the following commands:

/usr/bin/sudo launchctl print-disabled system | grep sshd

If the results do not show "com.openssh.sshd => false", this is a finding.

To check that "SSHD" is currently running, use the following command:

/usr/bin/sudo launchctl print system/com.openssh.sshd

If the result is the following, "Could not find service "com.openssh.sshd" in domain for system", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-9781r466331_fix)
To update SSHD to the minimum required version, run Software Update to update to the latest version of macOS. To enable the SSHD service, run the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl enable system/com.openssh.sshd The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.