The Operating System must be current and at the latest release level.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-65541r1_rule The Operating System must be current and at the latest release level.

Vulnerability discussion

The Operating System must be current and at the latest release level. If an OS is at an unsupported release level, this will be upgraded to a Category I finding since new vulnerabilities may not be patched.

Check content

To check which software update are available for the system, run the following command: sudo softwareupdate --list --all Review the results and determine if any updates need to be applied. If there are any required updates that have not been applied, this is a finding.

Fix text

To install software updates, run the following command: sudo softwareupdate --install [name of update]

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