The system must not have the UUCP service active.

From MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-38055r1_rule The system must not have the UUCP service active.

Vulnerability discussion

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.

Check content

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

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.

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