The system must not have the UUCP service active.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-4696	GEN005280 M6	SV-38055r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending email between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication, as well as encryption.

Description

The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending email between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication, as well as encryption.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-37601r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify uucp is disabled. defaults read /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.uucp Disabled If a 1 is not returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32843r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and use the following command to disable uucp. launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.uucp.plist NOTE: This command is being run to adjust the overrides file; unloading errors are normal, repeat the check to verify.