Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address
The product assigns the address 0.0.0.0 for a database server, a cloud service/instance, or any computing resource that communicates remotely.
Description
When a server binds to the address 0.0.0.0, it allows connections from every IP address on the local machine, effectively exposing the server to every possible network. This might be much broader access than intended by the developer or administrator, who might only be expecting the server to be reachable from a single interface/network.
Demonstrations
The following examples help to illustrate the nature of this weakness and describe methods or techniques which can be used to mitigate the risk.
Note that the examples here are by no means exhaustive and any given weakness may have many subtle varieties, each of which may require different detection methods or runtime controls.
Example One
The following code snippet uses 0.0.0.0 in a Puppet script.
signingserver::instance {
"nightly-key-signing-server":
listenaddr => "0.0.0.0",
port => "9100",
code_tag => "SIGNING_SERVER",
}The Puppet code snippet is used to provision a signing server that will use 0.0.0.0 to accept traffic. However, as 0.0.0.0 is unrestricted, malicious users may use this IP address to launch frequent requests and cause denial of service attacks.
signingserver::instance {
"nightly-key-signing-server":
listenaddr => "127.0.0.1",
port => "9100",
code_tag => "SIGNING_SERVER",
}See Also
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