[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (JBAS-4460) Jboss Password Encryption Security Flaw
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https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-4460?page=com.atlassian.jira.plug...
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Andrew Oliver resolved JBAS-4460.
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Resolution: Won't Fix
The "encrypt the database" password thing is there for passing silly security
audits. Ultimately there will be a password of some kind somewhere because the system
needs to decrypt the password to send it to the database. It will always be easy for a
relatively experienced programmer to hack this. Filesystem/OS security + transport
security are your only hope here. Suggest an alternative that actually does more than
obscure or obfuscate but still works.
Jboss Password Encryption Security Flaw
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Key: JBAS-4460
URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-4460
Project: JBoss Application Server
Issue Type: Bug
Security Level: Public(Everyone can see)
Components: Security
Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.0.3 SP1
Reporter: Scott Kesecki
Assignee: Scott M Stark
The Jboss salt to encrypt and decrypt passwords are stored in clear text in the jboss
source that can be downloaded by everyone. Anyone that has a basic understanding of how
java works can take the source tree get the class definition that has the password
encryption and turn it into a a password decryption class.
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