Vulnerability 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 RHEL 10 has the "chrony" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed chrony
Installed Packages
chrony.x86_64 4.6.1-1.el10 @anaconda

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

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to have the "chrony" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install chrony