Sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58349	AOSX-09-000530	SV-72779r1_rule		Medium

Description
In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable or restrict unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems. Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Additionally, it is sometimes convenient to provide multiple services from a single component (e.g., VPN and IPS); however, doing so increases risk over limiting the services provided by any one component. To support the requirements and principles of least functionality, the operating system must support the organizational requirements providing only essential capabilities and limiting the use of ports, protocols, and/or services to only those required, authorized, and approved to conduct official business or to address authorized quality of life issues. Sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple must be disabled.

Description

In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable or restrict unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems. Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Additionally, it is sometimes convenient to provide multiple services from a single component (e.g., VPN and IPS); however, doing so increases risk over limiting the services provided by any one component. To support the requirements and principles of least functionality, the operating system must support the organizational requirements providing only essential capabilities and limiting the use of ports, protocols, and/or services to only those required, authorized, and approved to conduct official business or to address authorized quality of life issues. Sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple must be disabled.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-59175r3_chk )
Sending diagnostic & usage data to Apple must be disabled. The setting is found in System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Diagnostics & Usage. If the box that says "Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple" is checked, this is a finding. To check if a configuration profile is configured to enforce this setting, run the following command: sudo system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType \| grep AutoSubmit If AutoSubmit is not set to '0', this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59175r3_chk )

Sending diagnostic & usage data to Apple must be disabled. The setting is found in System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Diagnostics & Usage. If the box that says "Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple" is checked, this is a finding.

To check if a configuration profile is configured to enforce this setting, run the following command:

sudo system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep AutoSubmit

If AutoSubmit is not set to '0', this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63665r3_fix)
The setting "Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple" is found in System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Diagnostics & Usage. Uncheck the box that says "Send diagnostic & usage data to Apple". This setting can be enforced using a configuration profile.