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Ariel Weisberg reassigned CASSANDRA-12297:
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Assignee: (was: Ariel Weisberg)
> Privacy Violation - Heap Inspection
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>
> Key: CASSANDRA-12297
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12297
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Reporter: Eduardo Aguinaga
> Priority: Major
>
> Overview:
> In May through June of 2016 a static analysis was performed on version 3.0.5
> of the Cassandra source code. The analysis included
> an automated analysis using HP Fortify v4.21 SCA and a manual analysis
> utilizing SciTools Understand v4. The results of that
> analysis includes the issue below.
> Issue:
> In the file PasswordAuthenticator.java on line 129, 164 and 222 a string
> object is used to store sensitive data. String objects are immutable and
> should not be used to store sensitive data. Sensitive data should be stored
> in char or byte arrays and the contents of those arrays should be cleared
> ASAP. Operations performed on string objects will require that the original
> object be copied and the operation be applied in the new copy of the string
> object. This results in the likelihood that multiple copies of sensitive data
> being present in the heap until garbage collection takes place.
> The snippet below shows the issue on line 129:
> PasswordAuthenticator.java, lines 123-134:
> {code:java}
> 123 public AuthenticatedUser legacyAuthenticate(Map<String, String>
> credentials) throws AuthenticationException
> 124 {
> 125 String username = credentials.get(USERNAME_KEY);
> 126 if (username == null)
> 127 throw new AuthenticationException(String.format("Required key
> '%s' is missing", USERNAME_KEY));
> 128
> 129 String password = credentials.get(PASSWORD_KEY);
> 130 if (password == null)
> 131 throw new AuthenticationException(String.format("Required key
> '%s' is missing", PASSWORD_KEY));
> 132
> 133 return authenticate(username, password);
> 134 }
> {code}
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