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V-271501CAT II — Medium severitySV-271501r1091215_rule

OL 9 must have the chrony package installed.

Rule version OL09-00-000310 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

Discussion

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.

Check

Verify that OL 9 has the chrony package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed chrony Installed Packages chrony.x86_64 4.5-1.0.2.el9 @ol9_baseos_latest

If the chrony package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Install the chrony package with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install -y chrony

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271501
Group title
SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143
Rule ID
SV-271501r1091215_rule
Check ID
C-75551r1091213_chk
Fix ID
F-75458r1091214_fix