[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBAS-4460) Jboss Password Encryption Security Flaw

Fri Jun 1 11:53:08 EDT 2007

Jboss Password Encryption Security Flaw
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                 Key: JBAS-4460
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/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
         Assigned To: 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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