[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (SECURITY-292) org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword requires write permission for decoding

org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword requires write permission for decoding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: SECURITY-292 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SECURITY-292 Project: PicketBox (JBoss Security and Identity Management) Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 2.0.1.GA, 2.0.2-BETA, 2.0.1-BETA1, 2.0.1-BETA2, 2.0.2-BETA3, 2.0.2-BETA4, 2.0.2-BETA5, 2.0.2-BETA6, 2.0.2.Beta7, JBossSecurity_2.0.2.CR1, 2.0.2.CR2, 2.0.2.CR3, 2.0.2.CR4, 2.0.2.CR5, 2.0.2.CR6, 2.0.2.CR7, 2.0.2.CR8 Environment: JBoss AS 4.2.3.GA Reporter: Alan Feng Assignee: Marcus Moyses Priority: Minor Fix For: JBossSecurity_2.0.4.SP4, PicketBox_v4_0_alpha3 Attachments: SECURITY-292.patch We use org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword to avoid storing passwords in clear text. Once created, we'd like to change the file's permission to read-only for regular users in order to ensure that only trusted users can update it. However, this won't work as the class FilePassword always requires write permission even for decoding the password. The class should be modified so that write permission is only required when create / update the password file.