From 9ac8c78fdb98810c0796b2ae05a480ee62f5563f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Pagani <79593935+pablopagani@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 17:47:08 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] improved error handling when listing regions

---
 prowler | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/prowler b/prowler
index 8d129916..21639796 100755
--- a/prowler
+++ b/prowler
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ TOTAL_CHECKS=($(echo "${TOTAL_CHECKS[*]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | awk '!seen[$0]++' | so
 get_regions() {
   # Get list of regions based on include/whoami
   REGIONS=$($AWSCLI ec2 describe-regions --query 'Regions[].RegionName' --output text $PROFILE_OPT --region $REGION_FOR_STS --region-names $FILTERREGION 2>&1)
-  if [[ $(echo "$REGIONS" | grep 'AccessDenied\|UnauthorizedOperation') ]]; then
+  ret=$?
+  if [[ $ret -ne 0 ]]; then
     echo "$OPTRED Access Denied trying to describe regions! Review permissions as described here: https://github.com/toniblyx/prowler/#requirements-and-installation $OPTNORMAL"
     EXITCODE=1
     exit $EXITCODE