The macOS system must disable Printer Sharing.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259532	APPL-14-002240	SV-259532r941218_rule		Medium

Description
Printer Sharing must be disabled.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-63271r941216_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Printer Sharing with the following command: /usr/sbin/cupsctl | /usr/bin/grep -c "_share_printers=0" If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63179r941217_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable Printer Sharing with the following commands: /usr/sbin/cupsctl --no-share-printers /usr/bin/lpstat -p | awk '{print $2}'| /usr/bin/xargs -I{} lpadmin -p {} -o printer-is-shared=false