The Cisco switch must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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.
- ID
- SV-220501r961506_rule
- Version
- CISC-ND-001140
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
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