STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: Canonical Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The Ubuntu operating system must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

DISA Rule

SV-219333r610963_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-219333

Group Title

SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146

Rule Version

UBTU-18-010503

Severity

CAT III

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

To configure the system time zone to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), run the following command replacing [ZONE] with UTC or GMT.

# sudo timedatectl set-timezone [ZONE]

Check Contents

The time zone must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). To verify run the following command.

# sudo timedatectl status | grep -i "time zone"
Timezone: UTC (UTC, +0000)

If "Timezone" is not set to UTC or GMT, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-219333

Documentable

False

Rule Version

UBTU-18-010503

Severity Override Guidance

The time zone must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). To verify run the following command.

# sudo timedatectl status | grep -i "time zone"
Timezone: UTC (UTC, +0000)

If "Timezone" is not set to UTC or GMT, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4055

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