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4.1.2 Ensure no Azure SQL Databases allow ingress from 0.0.0.0/0 (ANY IP) (Automated)​

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Description​

Ensure that no SQL Databases allow ingress from 0.0.0.0/0 (ANY IP).

Rationale​

Azure SQL Server includes a firewall to block access to unauthorized connections. More granular IP addresses can be defined by referencing the range of addresses available from specific datacenters.

By default, for a SQL server, a Firewall exists with StartIp of 0.0.0.0 and EndIP of 0.0.0.0 allowing access to all the Azure services.

Additionally, a custom rule can be set up with StartIp of 0.0.0.0 and EndIP of 255.255.255.255 allowing access from ANY IP over the Internet.

In order to reduce the potential attack surface for a SQL server, firewall rules should be defined with more granular IP addresses by referencing the range of addresses available from specific datacenters.

Impact​

Disabling Allow Azure services and resources to access this server will break all connections to SQL server and Hosted Databases unless custom IP specific rules are added in Firewall Policy.

Audit​

From Azure Portal​

  1. Go to SQL servers
  2. For each SQL server
  3. Click on Firewall and virtual networks
  4. Ensure that Allow Azure services and resources to access this server to set to No
  5. Ensure that no firewall rule exists with
  • Start IP of 0.0.0.0
  • or other combinations which allows access to wider public IP ranges

From Azure CLI​

List all SQL servers

az sql server list

For each SQL server run the following command

az sql server firewall-rule list --resource-group <resource group name> --server <sql server name>

Ensure the output does not contain any firewall allow rules with a source of 0.0.0.0, or any rules named AllowAllWindowsAzureIps

From Azure PowerShell​

Get the list of all SQL Servers 

Get-AzSqlServer

For each Server

Get-AzSqlServerFirewallRule -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name>

Ensure that StartIpAddress is not set to 0.0.0.0, /0 or other combinations which allows access to wider public IP ranges including Windows Azure IP ranges. Also ensure that FirewallRuleName doesn't contain AllowAllWindowsAzureIps which is the rule created when the Allow Azure services and resources to access this server setting is enabled for that SQL Server.

Remediation​

From Azure Portal​

  1. Go to SQL servers
  2. For each SQL server
  3. Click on Firewall and virtual networks
  4. Set Allow Azure services and resources to access this server to No
  5. Set firewall rules to limit access to only authorized connections

From Azure CLI​

Disable default firewall rule Allow access to Azure services:

az sql server firewall-rule delete --resource-group <resource group> --server <sql server name> --name "AllowAllWindowsAzureIps"

Remove a custom firewall rule:

az sql server firewall-rule delete --resource-group <resource group> --server <sql server name> --name <firewall rule name>

Create a firewall rule:

az sql server firewall-rule create --resource-group <resource group> --server <sql server name> --name <firewal lrule name> --start-ip-address "<IP Address other than 0.0.0.0>" --end-ip-address "<IP Address other than 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255>"

Update a firewall rule:

az sql server firewall-rule update --resource-group <resource group> --server <sql server name> --name <firewal lrule name> --start-ip-address "<IP Address other than 0.0.0.0>" --end-ip-address "<IP Address other than 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255>"

From Azure PowerShell​

Disable Default Firewall Rule Allow access to Azure services : 

Remove-AzSqlServerFirewallRule -FirewallRuleName "AllowAllWindowsAzureIps" -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name>

Remove a custom Firewall rule:

Remove-AzSqlServerFirewallRule -FirewallRuleName "<firewall rule name>" -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name>

Set the appropriate firewall rules:

Set-AzSqlServerFirewallRule -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name> -FirewallRuleName "<firewall rule name>" -StartIpAddress "<IP Address other than 0.0.0.0>" -EndIpAddress "<IP Address other than 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255>"

References​

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/configure-a-windows-firewall-for-database-engine-access?view=sql-server-2017
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.sql/get-azurermsqlserverfirewallrule?view=azurermps-5.2.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.sql/set-azurermsqlserverfirewallrule?view=azurermps-5.2.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.sql/remove-azurermsqlserverfirewallrule?view=azurermps-5.2.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-firewall-configure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-set-database-firewall-rule-azure-sql-database?view=azuresqldb-current
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-network-security#ns-2-secure-cloud-services-with-network-controls

Additional Information​

Firewall rules configured on individual SQL Database using Transact-sql overrides the rules set on SQL server. Azure does not provide any Powershell, API, CLI, Portal option to check database level firewall rules, and so far Transact-SQL is the only way to check for the same. For comprehensive control over egress traffic on SQL Databases, Firewall rules should be checked using SQL client.