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

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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

ID
SV-269332r1050214_rule
Version
ALMA-09-028510
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

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