[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (SECURITY-771) Enable white-space in parameters for external password command

[Ivo Studensky (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SECURITY-771?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ivo Studensky updated SECURITY-771:
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    Description: 
The current implementation of the loading the external password by a command uses Runtime.exec() which denies to pass a parameter which contains a white-space to the command, see {{\{EXT\}}} in org.jboss.security.Util#loadPassword(String). 
It would be nice to provide a new implementation based on ProcessBuilder.

For example, various ssh-askpass implementations requires a parameter like 'Enter passphrase for ...'. Without the ability to directly pass such a parameter customers are pushed to create a "script in the middle" which makes their application unnecessarily complicated.

  was:
The current implementation of the loading the external password by a command uses Runtime.exec() which denies to pass a parameter which contains a white-space to the command, see{{\{EXT\}}} in org.jboss.security.Util#loadPassword(String). 
It would be nice to provide a new implementation based on ProcessBuilder.

For example, various ssh-askpass implementations requires a parameter like 'Enter passphrase for ...'. Without the ability to directly pass such a parameter customers are pushed to create a "script in the middle" which makes their application unnecessarily complicated.


    
> Enable white-space in parameters for external password command
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>
>                 Key: SECURITY-771
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SECURITY-771
>             Project: PicketBox 
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: JBossSX
>    Affects Versions: PicketBox_4_0_19.Final
>            Reporter: Ivo Studensky
>            Assignee: Ivo Studensky
>
> The current implementation of the loading the external password by a command uses Runtime.exec() which denies to pass a parameter which contains a white-space to the command, see {{\{EXT\}}} in org.jboss.security.Util#loadPassword(String). 
> It would be nice to provide a new implementation based on ProcessBuilder.
> For example, various ssh-askpass implementations requires a parameter like 'Enter passphrase for ...'. Without the ability to directly pass such a parameter customers are pushed to create a "script in the middle" which makes their application unnecessarily complicated.

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