AlmaLinux OS 9 must disable remote management of the chrony daemon.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-269332 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | ALMA-09-028510 | SV-269332r1050214_rule | 2025-02-20 | 1 |
| Description |
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| Not exposing the management interface of the chrony daemon on the network reduces the attack surface. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify AlmaLinux OS 9 disables remote management of the chrony daemon with the following command: $ chronyd -p | grep -w cmdport cmdport 0 If the "cmdport" option is not set to "0" or is missing, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to disable remote management of the chrony daemon by adding/modifying the following line in the /etc/chrony.conf file: cmdport 0 |