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1.27 CISC-ND-001140

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-220501
RULE ID: SV-220501r961506

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:

SW1(config)# snmp-server user NETOPS auth sha xxxxxxxxxxxxx priv aes-128 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

SW1(config)# snmp-server host 10.1.48.10 traps version 3 priv NETOPS

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26427

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-17(2), CCI|CCI-000068, Rule-ID|SV-220501r961506_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001140, Vuln-ID|V-220501

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 86f083d26af637fe2697b940497a794325529cf2f98613494512ce497d84c4ea