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Jean-Baptiste Onofré updated KARAF-4200:
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Fix Version/s: (was: 4.0.8)
4.0.9
> Privacy Violation: Heap Inspection
> ----------------------------------
>
> Key: KARAF-4200
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4200
> Project: Karaf
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 4.0.3
> Reporter: Eduardo Aguinaga
> Fix For: 4.1.0, 4.0.9
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> HP Fortify and SciTools Understand were used to perform an application
> security scan on the karaf source code.
> The method login() in JDBCLoginModule.java stores sensitive data in a String
> object on line 95, making it impossible to reliably purge the data from
> memory.
> JDBCLoginModule.java, lines 88-96:
> {code}
> 88 user = ((NameCallback) callbacks[0]).getName();
> 89
> 90 char[] tmpPassword = ((PasswordCallback) callbacks[1]).getPassword();
> 91 if (tmpPassword == null) {
> 92 tmpPassword = new char[0];
> 93 }
> 94
> 95 String password = new String(tmpPassword);
> 96 principals = new HashSet<>();
> {code}
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