SNMP communities, users, and passphrases must be changed from the default.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-993	GEN005300	SV-35172r1_rule	IAAC-1	High

Description
Whether active or not, default SNMP passwords, users, and passphrases must be changed to maintain security. If the service is running with the default authenticators, then anyone can gather data about the system and the network using the information to potentially compromise the integrity of the system or network(s).

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-36606r1_chk )
Check the SNMP configuration for default passwords. Locate and examine the SNMP configuration. # more /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf Alternatively: # cat /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf \| grep -i community Identify any community names or user password configuration. If any community name or password is set to a default value such as public, private, snmp-trap, or password, or any value which does not meet DISA password requirements, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36606r1_chk )

Check the SNMP configuration for default passwords. Locate and examine the SNMP configuration.
# more /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf

Alternatively:

# cat /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf | grep -i community

Identify any community names or user password configuration. If any community name or password is set to a default value such as public, private, snmp-trap, or password, or any value which does not meet DISA password requirements, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31974r1_fix)
Change the default passwords. To change them, edit the /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf file. Locate the line system-group-read-community which has a default password of public and make the password something more random (less guessable). Do the same for the lines reading system-group-write-community, read-community, write-community, trap, and trap-community. Read the information in the file carefully. The trap is defining who to send traps to, for instance, by default. It will not be a password, but the name of a host.

Fix Text (F-31974r1_fix)

Change the default passwords. To change them, edit the /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf file. Locate the line system-group-read-community which has a default password of public and make the password something more random (less guessable). Do the same for the lines reading system-group-write-community, read-community, write-community, trap, and trap-community. Read the information in the file carefully. The trap is defining who to send traps to, for instance, by default. It will not be a password, but the name of a host.