[jira] [Resolved] (CMIS-940) Heap Inspection could reveal passwords

["Florian Müller (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CMIS-940?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Florian Müller resolved CMIS-940.
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    Resolution: Won't Fix

Not fixable. Java APIs such as HttpURLConnection.addRequestProperty() force us to use Strings.

> Heap Inspection could reveal passwords
> --------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CMIS-940
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CMIS-940
>             Project: Chemistry
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: opencmis-client
>    Affects Versions: OpenCMIS 0.13.0
>            Reporter: Donald Kwakkel
>
> Sensitive data (such as passwords, social security numbers, credit card numbers etc) stored in memory can be leaked if memory is not cleared after use. Often, Strings are used store sensitive data, however, since String objects are immutable, removing the value of a String from memory can only be done by the JVM garbage collector. The garbage collector is not required to run unless the JVM is low on memory, so there is no guarantee as to when garbage collection will take place. In the event of an application crash, a memory dump of the application might reveal sensitive data.
> src/main/java/org/apache/chemistry/opencmis/workbench/model/ClientSession.java:
>  public static SessionParameterMap createSessionParameters(String url, BindingType binding, String username,
>             String password, Authentication authentication, boolean compression, boolean clientCompression,
>             boolean cookies) {
>    



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