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EC2 instance should not allow inbound traffic from all to User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 53​

Description​

Security groups provide stateful filtering of ingress/egress network traffic to AWS resources.

Best practices recommend that no security group allows unrestricted ingress access to your EC2 instances via UDP port 53 to prevent any unauthorized access.

Remediation​

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

  2. Navigate to EC2 dashboard at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  3. Select the EC2 instance that has the violation reported by Lacework.

  4. Under the Security tab, click the attached security-group.

  5. Select the Inbound rules tab from the dashboard bottom panel.

  6. Verify the value available in the Source column for any inbound/ingress rules with a port range that includes 53, or the exact port 53. If one or more rules have the source set to 0.0.0.0/0, the selected security group allows unrestricted IPv4 traffic to port 53, therefore the access to the EC2 instances associated with the security group is not restricted.

  7. To update the Source field to a range other than 0.0.0.0/0, select the 'Security group rule ID' you want to change, and click 'Edit inbound rules'.

  8. From here you can set the new Source field range, and click 'Save rules' to save the changes.

  9. It is also possible to remove the offending inbound rule completely by following the preceding steps, and instead of updating the Source field range, click Delete followed by 'Save rules'.

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