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1.227 ALMA-09-028510

Information

AlmaLinux OS 9 must disable remote management of the chrony daemon.

GROUP ID: V-269332
RULE ID: SV-269332r1050214

Not exposing the management interface of the chrony daemon on the network reduces the attack surface.

Solution

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27039

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-269332r1050214_rule, STIG-ID|ALMA-09-028510, Vuln-ID|V-269332

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 17f32dc680f618d57686e087e4bb2450a9f0742b1f5e359f1b24ec24ef62f8db