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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 25186] New: - Security problem, BasicDataSource class

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Security problem, BasicDataSource class

           Summary: Security problem, BasicDataSource class
           Product: Commons
           Version: 1.1 Final
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Dbcp
        AssignedTo: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: gernot.pfingstl@stmk.gv.at


In class org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource there is a PUBLIC 
method "getPassword()". This is a critical security problem: If DBCP is used in 
Tomcat, a Tomcat admin will setup JNDI-Datasources. The deployer of a webapp 
should not know anything about the Datasource details especially not the 
password! Some developer could easy call "getPassword()" to hack the database. 
As a first solution "getPassword()" could be rewritten to always return "null" 
(later it could be removed), second the instance field "password" should change 
from "protected" to "private".

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