STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 10 Mar 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-238308r654099_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-238308

Group Title

SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146

Rule Version

UBTU-20-010230

Severity

CAT III

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

To configure the system time zone to use UTC or GMT, run the following command, replacing [ZONE] with UTC or GMT:

$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone [ZONE]

Check Contents

To verify the time zone is configured to use UTC or GMT, run the following command.

$ 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-238308

Documentable

False

Rule Version

UBTU-20-010230

Severity Override Guidance

To verify the time zone is configured to use UTC or GMT, run the following command.

$ 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

5318

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