Gaia SNMP accepts v1 or v2c
At a glance
Base severity
Area
Platform
Evidence level
Benchmark reference
Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
SNMP v1 and v2c send their community in clear text and have no user authentication, so anyone on the path can read the box's state.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- In the Gaia Portal, open System Management > SNMP, set the version to v3-Only, and add an SNMPv3 user with authentication and privacy.
- Run save config in clish, or the change is lost at the next reboot.
Command line
Check Point mgmt_cli and Gaia clish
set snmp agent-version v3-Onlyadd snmp usm user <snmp-user> security-level authPriv auth-pass-type SHA256 privacy-pass-type AES256save config
An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here installs a policy. Publish, review, then install the policy on your gateways yourself; Gaia changes need save config.
Read it back
show snmp agent-versionshow snmp usm users
Values to fill in1
- <snmp-user>
- The SNMPv3 user the monitoring system polls with
Before you type it3
- Written from the Check Point Management API reference and Gaia clish syntax, not yet run on a device. Read each line before typing it.
- Type in clish on each Gaia gateway or cluster member.
- The command prompts for the password; it is never written on the command line.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm the monitoring system polls the box with the SNMPv3 user after the change.
Limits
- No limitation is recorded for this control beyond the one that applies to all of them: it reads a configuration export.
Compliance references
CIS Check Point Firewall Benchmark v1.1.0
Covers the whole recommendation
Where a control aligns with a recommendation of the CIS Check Point Firewall Benchmark v1.1.0, that recommendation is cited as a reference. Only that version was checked. A reference is not a certification.
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