PostgreSQL Server Without Connection Throttling

  • Query id: a9becca7-892a-4af7-b9e1-44bf20a4cd9a
  • Query name: PostgreSQL Server Without Connection Throttling
  • Platform: Ansible
  • Severity: Medium
  • Category: Observability
  • CWE: 770
  • URL: Github

Description

Ensure that Connection Throttling is set for the PostgreSQL server
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file
---
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: off
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting2
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: Off
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting3
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: OFF
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting4
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: "off"
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting5
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: "Off"
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting6
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: "OFF"

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: on
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting2
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: On
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting3
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: ON
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting4
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: on
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting5
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: On
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting6
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: connection_throttling
    value: ON