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no-public-firewall-access

Explanation

Azure services can be allowed access through the firewall using a start and end IP address of 0.0.0.0. No other end ip address should be combined with a start of 0.0.0.0

Possible Impact

Publicly accessible databases could lead to compromised data

Suggested Resolution

Don't use wide ip ranges for the sql firewall

Insecure Example

The following example will fail the azure-database-no-public-firewall-access check.

resource "azurerm_sql_firewall_rule" "bad_example" {
  name                = "bad_rule"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  server_name         = azurerm_sql_server.example.name
  start_ip_address    = "0.0.0.0"
  end_ip_address      = "255.255.255.255"
}

resource "azurerm_postgresql_firewall_rule" "bad_example" {
  name                = "bad_example"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  server_name         = azurerm_postgresql_server.example.name
  start_ip_address    = "0.0.0.0"
  end_ip_address      = "255.255.255.255"
}

Secure Example

The following example will pass the azure-database-no-public-firewall-access check.

resource "azurerm_sql_firewall_rule" "good_example" {
  name                = "good_rule"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  server_name         = azurerm_sql_server.example.name
  start_ip_address    = "0.0.0.0"
  end_ip_address      = "0.0.0.0"
}