Title

The snmpd service must not use a default password. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

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

Check Content

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

Edit "/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf", remove default community string "public". Upon doing that, restart the SNMP service: # service snmpd restart

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-218072r603264_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-218072

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

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