RHEL 9 chronyd service must be enabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-257944 | RHEL-09-252015 | SV-257944r1038944_rule | CCI-004923 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Sources outside the configured acceptable allowance (drift) may be inaccurate. Synchronizing internal information system clocks provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Related Frameworks
2 paths across 2 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
SC-45(1)
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-004923
1.00
- DISA · 2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-257944r1038944_chk)
Verify the chronyd service is active with the following command:
$ systemctl is-active chronyd
active
If the chronyd service is not active, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-61609r925818_fix)
To enable the chronyd service run the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now chronyd