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V-22449

CAT II (Medium)

The SNMP service must require the use of a FIPS 140-2 approved encryption algorithm for protecting the privacy of SNMP messages.

Rule ID

SV-45952r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000068

Discussion

The SNMP service must use AES or a FIPS 140-2 approved successor algorithm for protecting the privacy of communications.

Check Content

Verify the SNMP daemon uses AES for SNMPv3 users.

Procedure:
Examine the default install location /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
or:
# find / -name snmpd.conf 


# grep -v '^#' <snmpd.conf file> | grep -i createuser | grep -vi AES
If any line is present this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf and add the AES keyword for any create user statement without one.
Restart the SNMP service.
# service snmpd restart