The Bluetooth protocol driver must be removed.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000086

SV-65649r1_rule The Bluetooth protocol driver must be removed.

Vulnerability discussion

Wireless access introduces security risks which must be addressed through implementation of strict controls and procedures such as authentication, encryption, and defining what resources that can be accessed. The organization will define the requirements for connection of mobile devices. In order to ensure that the connection provides adequate integrity and confidentiality of the connection, the operating system must enforce these requirements.

Check content

To check if there are any hardware components for Bluetooth loaded in the system, run the following command: sudo kextstat | grep -i bluetooth If there is a result, this is a finding.

Fix text

Removing the kernel extensions for Bluetooth will remove the system's ability to load Bluetooth devices, use the following commands to remove them: sudo rm -Rf /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext; sudo rm -Rf /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothHIDDDriver.kext; sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

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