The snmpd service must not use a default password.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-218072	RHEL-06-000341	SV-218072r505923_rule		High

Description
Presence of the default SNMP password enables querying of different system aspects and could result in unauthorized knowledge of the system.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-03

Details

Check Text ( C-19553r377231_chk )
Verify the "snmp" package is installed: # rpm -qa | grep -i snmp net-snmp-5.7.1-31.2.x86_64.rpm If the package is not installed, this is Not Applicable. To ensure the default password is not set, run the following command: # grep -v "^#" /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf| grep public There should be no output. If there is output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-19551r377232_fix)
Edit "/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf", remove default community string "public". Upon doing that, restart the SNMP service: # service snmpd restart