Rule version TOSS-05-000203 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20
Not exposing the management interface of the chrony daemon on the network diminishes the attack space.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050
Verify TOSS 5 disables network management of the chrony daemon using the following command:
$ grep -w cmdport /etc/chrony.conf
cmdport 0
If the "cmdport" option is not set to "0", is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.
Configure TOSS 5 to disable network management of the chrony daemon by adding/modifying the following line in the "/etc/chrony.conf" file:
cmdport 0