SNMP Default Community Name (public) (CVE-1999-0517)

Rule ID

1136995

Severity

Medium

Description

An attacker can query the device using default SNMP community strings (such as public) to obtain sensitive system and network information without authentication.

Impact

Information disclosure

Recommendation

Update vendor's patch.

IPS Category

Exploits

IPS Anomaly Group

N/A

IPS Rule Default Action

Allow

References

Keywords

N/A