Control: 3.5 Ensure RDP is restricted to only IP address that should have this access

Description

Any ports enable within Lightsail by default are open and exposed to the world. For SSH and RDP access you should identify which IP address need access.

Any ports enable within Lightsail by default are open and exposed to the world. This can result in outside traffic trying to access or even deny access to the Lightsail instances. Removing and adding approved IP address required for access.

Remediation

From the Console:

1. Login to AWS Console using https://console.aws.amazon.com.
2. Click All services, click Lightsail under Compute.
3. This will open up the Lightsail console.
4. Select the Windows Instance you want to review.
5. Go to the Networking section.
6. Under IPv4 networking find the SSH rule as shown below.

Application Protocol Port or range / Code Restricted to
RDP TCP 3389 Any IPv4 address

7. Click on the edit icon.
8. Click on the check box next to Restrict to IP address.
9. Under Source IP address (192.0.2.0) or range (192.0.2.0-192.0.2.255 or 192.0.2.0/24) type the IP address' you want.

From the Command Line:

1. Run aws lightsail put-ins

aws lightsail put-instance-public-ports --instance-name <instance_name> --port-info
fromPort=3389,protocol=TCP,toPort=3389,cidrs=110.111.221.100/32,110.111.221.202/32

This command will enter the IP addresses that should have access to the instances identified above in the Audit.

2. Run aws lightsail get-instance-port-states for the Windows instance to confirm the new setting.

aws lightsail get-instance-port-states --instance-name <instance_name>

This command will provide a list of available Ports and show how the cidr value for Port 3389 is now set.

"portStates": [
{
"fromPort": 3389,
"toPort": 3389,
"protocol": "tcp",
"state": "open",
"cidrs": [
"110.111.221.100/32",
"110.111.221.202/32"
],
"cidrListAliases": []
}
]

3. Repeat the remediation below for all other Windows instances identified in the Audit.