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1.31 CISC-ND-001140

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-220605
RULE ID: SV-220605r961506

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 switch to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm as shown in the example below:

SW4(config)#snmp-server group V3GROUP v3 priv read V3READ write V3WRITE
SW4(config)#snmp-server user V3USER V3GROUP v3 auth sha xxxxxx priv aes 256 xxxxxx

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26600

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-17(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000068, Rule-ID|SV-220605r961506_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001140, Vuln-ID|V-220605

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 2ac7fdcc6c774deb3c55b58b83cb111fd191a05e55bda1f9b416be58c7f18596