documentation_complete: true


title: 'Disable anacron Service'

description: |-
    The <tt>cronie-anacron</tt> package, which provides <tt>anacron</tt>
    functionality, is installed by default.
    {{{ describe_package_remove(package="cronie-anacron") }}}

rationale: |-
    The <tt>anacron</tt> service provides <tt>cron</tt> functionality for systems
    such as laptops and workstations that may be shut down during the normal times
    that <tt>cron</tt> jobs are scheduled to run. On systems which do not require this
    additional functionality, <tt>anacron</tt> could needlessly increase the possible
    attack surface for an intruder.

severity: unknown

references:
    cis-csc: 11,14,3,9
    cobit5: BAI10.01,BAI10.02,BAI10.03,BAI10.05,DSS05.02,DSS05.05,DSS06.06
    isa-62443-2009: 4.3.3.5.1,4.3.3.5.2,4.3.3.5.3,4.3.3.5.4,4.3.3.5.5,4.3.3.5.6,4.3.3.5.7,4.3.3.5.8,4.3.3.6.1,4.3.3.6.2,4.3.3.6.3,4.3.3.6.4,4.3.3.6.5,4.3.3.6.6,4.3.3.6.7,4.3.3.6.8,4.3.3.6.9,4.3.3.7.1,4.3.3.7.2,4.3.3.7.3,4.3.3.7.4,4.3.4.3.2,4.3.4.3.3
    isa-62443-2013: 'SR 1.1,SR 1.10,SR 1.11,SR 1.12,SR 1.13,SR 1.2,SR 1.3,SR 1.4,SR 1.5,SR 1.6,SR 1.7,SR 1.8,SR 1.9,SR 2.1,SR 2.2,SR 2.3,SR 2.4,SR 2.5,SR 2.6,SR 2.7,SR 7.6'
    iso27001-2013: A.12.1.2,A.12.5.1,A.12.6.2,A.14.2.2,A.14.2.3,A.14.2.4,A.9.1.2
    nist: CM-7(a),CM-7(b),CM-6(a)
    nist-csf: PR.IP-1,PR.PT-3

{{{ complete_ocil_entry_package(package="cronie-anacron") }}}