AlmaLinux OS 9 must disable remote management of the chrony daemon.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269332 | ALMA-09-028510 | SV-269332r1050214_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Not exposing the management interface of the chrony daemon on the network reduces the attack surface. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-22 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-269332r1050214_chk)
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 Text (F-73264r1049506_fix)
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