Management connections to a network device must be established using secure protocols with FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3069	NET1638	SV-3069r5_rule		Medium

Description
Administration and management connections performed across a network are inherently dangerous because anyone with a packet sniffer and access to the right LAN segment can acquire the network device account and password information. With this intercepted information they could gain access to the router and cause denial of service attacks, intercept sensitive information, or perform other destructive actions.

Description

Administration and management connections performed across a network are inherently dangerous because anyone with a packet sniffer and access to the right LAN segment can acquire the network device account and password information. With this intercepted information they could gain access to the router and cause denial of service attacks, intercept sensitive information, or perform other destructive actions.

STIG	Date
Layer 2 Switch Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-12-07

Details

Check Text ( C-3532r8_chk )
Review the network device configuration to verify only secure protocols using FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules are used for any administrative access. Some of the secure protocols used for administrative and management access are listed below. This list is not all inclusive and represents a sample selection of secure protocols. -SSHv2 -SCP -HTTPS using TLS If management connections are established using protocols without FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-3532r8_chk )

Review the network device configuration to verify only secure protocols using FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules are used for any administrative access. Some of the secure protocols used for administrative and management access are listed below. This list is not all inclusive and represents a sample selection of secure protocols.

-SSHv2
-SCP
-HTTPS using TLS

If management connections are established using protocols without FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-3094r5_fix)
Configure the network device to use secure protocols with FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules.