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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN005300-ESXI5-PNF	GEN005300-ESXI5-PNF	GEN005300-ESXI5-PNF_rule		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 and use the information to potentially compromise the integrity of the system or network(s). Permanent not a finding - Configuration is covered in SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000144, so this is a duplicate.

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 and use the information to potentially compromise the integrity of the system or network(s). Permanent not a finding - Configuration is covered in SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000144, so this is a duplicate.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN005300-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN005300-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.