The file integrity tool must be configured to verify extended attributes.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22508	GEN006571 M6	SV-38141r1_rule	ECAT-1	Low

Description
Extended attributes in file systems are used to contain arbitrary data and file metadata potentially having security implications.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide Draft	2013-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-37510r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify the permissions are set to the original installation settings. diskutil verifyPermissions / If files are shown with incorrect extended attributes, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32913r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to remove extended attributes. diskutil repairPermissions /