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CISC-ND-001140 - The Cisco router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.

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Information

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://s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS-XE_Router_Y25M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000068, Rule-ID|SV-215842r961506_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001140, STIG-Legacy|SV-105457, STIG-Legacy|V-96319, Vuln-ID|V-215842

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 17328cac041c31d303909d84db5f41f54f7ebdc3590a89397c9c021c411abd6b