The system must not have the finger service active.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58429	AOSX-09-001115	SV-72859r1_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 10.9 (Mavericks) Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-59255r1_chk )
To check if the finger service has been disabled, run the following command: sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print com.apple.fingerd:Disabled' /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist If the returned value isn't 'true' or doesn't exist, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63743r1_fix)
To ensure that the finger service is disabled, run the following command: sudo defaults write /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist 'com.apple.fingerd' -dict Disabled -bool true