The operating system must support automated patch management tools to facilitate flaw remediation to organization-defined information system components.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-001237

SV-65587r1_rule The operating system must support automated patch management tools to facilitate flaw remediation to organization-defined information system components.

Vulnerability discussion

The organization (including any contractor to the organization) must promptly install security-relevant software updates (e.g., patches, service packs, hot fixes). Flaws discovered during security assessments, continuous monitoring, incident response activities, or information system error handling, must also be addressed.

Check content

The system must be defined to use an internal software update server. To check the value of the software update server, run the following command: system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep "CatalogURL" | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's/;//' If it is not defined or set to the correct organization-defined value, this is a finding.

Fix text

This should be configured with a configuration profile.

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