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1.64 APPL-14-002008

Information

The macOS system must disable the built-in web server.

GROUP ID: V-259484RULE ID: SV-259484r958472

The built-in web server is a nonessential service built into macOS and must be disabled.

Note: The built in web server service is disabled at startup by default macOS.

Solution

Configure the macOS system to disable the built-in web server with the following command:

/bin/launchctl disable system/org.apache.httpd

The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24070

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-259484r958472_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-14-002008, Vuln-ID|V-259484

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f6757b388ef1ad0b23015148611be2b667dceea96d4a8470bdefed9c561ad0d7