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OL07-00-040800 - SNMP community strings on the Oracle Linux operating system must be changed from the default.

Information

Whether active or not, default Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) community strings must be changed to maintain security. If the service is running with the default authenticators, anyone can gather data about the system and the network and use the information to potentially compromise the integrity of the system or network(s). It is highly recommended that SNMP version 3 user authentication and message encryption be used in place of the version 2 community strings.

Solution

If the '/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf' file exists, modify any lines that contain a community string value of 'public' or 'private' to another string value.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_7_V3R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-221891r991589_rule, STIG-ID|OL07-00-040800, STIG-Legacy|SV-108625, STIG-Legacy|V-99521, Vuln-ID|V-221891

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1b1070c528d8024aa0de29332f0b2ce8056170115d7d0f3a5bc93f6bced9b3a6