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.

Organizations must consider endpoints that may not have regular access to the authoritative time server (e.g., mobile, teleworking, and tactical endpoints).

Check

Verify the "systemd-timesyncd" package is not installed with the following command:

$ dpkg -l | grep systemd-timesyncd

If the "systemd-timesyncd" package is installed, this is a finding.

Fix

The "systemd-timesyncd" package will be uninstalled as part of the "chrony" package install. Purge the remaining configuration files for "systemd-timesyncd" from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS:

$ sudo apt-get purge systemd-timesyncd