SDB Domain Declared As A Resource

Query id: 6ea57c8b-f9c0-4ec7-bae3-bd75a9dee27d
Query name: SDB Domain Declared As A Resource
Platform: CloudFormation
Severity: Low
Category: Resource Management
URL: Github

Description¶

SimpleDB Domain resource should not be declared
Documentation

Code samples¶

Code samples with security vulnerabilities¶

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "SDB Domain declared"
Resources:
  HostedZone:
    Type: AWS::Route53::HostedZone
    Properties:
      Name: "HostedZone"
  SBDDomain:
    Type: AWS::SDB::Domain
    Properties:
      Description: "Some information"

Positive test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "SDB Domain declared",
  "Resources": {
    "HostedZone": {
      "Type": "AWS::Route53::HostedZone",
      "Properties": {
        "Name": "HostedZone"
      }
    },
    "SBDDomain": {
      "Type": "AWS::SDB::Domain",
      "Properties": {
        "Description": "Some information"
      }
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities¶

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "SDB Domain declared"
Resources:
  HostedZone:
    Type: AWS::Route53::HostedZone
    Properties:
      Name: "HostedZone"

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "SDB Domain declared",
  "Resources": {
    "HostedZone": {
      "Type": "AWS::Route53::HostedZone",
      "Properties": {
        "Name": "HostedZone"
      }
    }
  }
}