Details

By enabling Printer sharing the computer is set up as a print server to accept print jobs from other computers. Dedicated print servers or direct IP printing should be used instead.

Rationale:

Disabling Printer Sharing mitigates the risk of attackers attempting to exploit the print server to gain access to the system.

Solution

Perform the following to implement the prescribed state:

Open System Preferences

Select Sharing

Uncheck Printer Sharing

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3092

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CSCv6|3.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits