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The SUSE operating system must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-234850 SLES-15-010410 SV-234850r854196_rule Low
Description
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the SUSE operating system include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or local time with an offset from UTC.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-38038r618819_chk )
Verify the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC or GMT.

Check that the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC or GMT with the following command:

> timedatectl status | grep -i "time zone"
Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)

If "Time zone" is not set to "UTC" or "GMT", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-38001r618820_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC or GMT.

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]