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1.31 CISC-ND-001140

Information

The Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.

GROUP ID: V-215697
RULE ID: SV-215697r879768

Without the strong encryption that is provided by the SNMP Version 3 User-based Security Model (USM), an unauthorized user can gain access to network management information that can be used to create a network outage.

Solution

Configure the Cisco router to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm as shown in the example below.

R4(config)#snmp-server group V3GROUP v3 priv read V3READ write V3WRITE
R4(config)#snmp-server user V3USER V3GROUP v3 auth sha xxxxxx priv aes 256 xxxxxx

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26598

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-17(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000068, Rule-ID|SV-215697r879768_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001140, Vuln-ID|V-215697

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: db28b344b40094cf389ff0f773d223bd9adc8b8c04ce6cd8a2647338e4648c40