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Ensure no Virtual Machine allow incoming traffic from 0.0.0.0/0 to Known UDP ports

Unrestricted access to instances is an attack vector that should be restricted to prevent common exploits.

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Risk Level: Medium
Cloud Entity: Virtual Machine
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.AZU.NET.VirtualMachine.UDP
Covered by Spectral: No
Category: Compute

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VirtualMachine where isPublic=true should not have nics contain [ networkSecurityGroup.inboundSecurityRules contain [protocol in ('UDP','All')] and networkSecurityGroup.inboundSecurityRules contain [ sourceAddressPrefixes contain [ '0.0.0.0/0' ] and destinationAddressPrefixes contain [ '0.0.0.0/0' ]] and networkSecurityGroup.inboundSecurityRules contain [ destinationPortRanges contain [destinationPort in($CloudGuard_Known_UDP_Ports) ] ] ]

REMEDIATION

From Portal

  1. Go to 'Virtual machines' and choose the relevant VM
  2. Select 'Networking' under 'Settings' in the navigation menu
  3. Under 'Inbound port rules' examine for overly permissive rules
  4. Modify the rules accordingly to prevent public access to various UDP ports.

From TF
Please find additional information under references.

From Command Line
Inspect virtual machine NSG rules:

az network nsg show --name NETWORK SECURITY GROUP --resource-group RESOURCE GROUP

Note:Additional command line methods for rule update or creation can be found under the references.

References

  1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/network-security-groups-overview
  2. https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/network_security_group
  3. https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/network_security_rule
  4. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/network/nsg/rule?view=azure-cli-latest

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Compliance Frameworks

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  • Azure CSA CCM v.3.0.1
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  • Azure ISO 27001:2013
  • Azure LGPD regulation
  • Azure NIST 800-53 Rev 4
  • Azure NIST CSF v1.1
  • Azure New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) v.3.4
  • Azure PCI-DSS 3.2
  • Azure Security Risk Management
  • CloudGuard Azure All Rules Ruleset

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