[SERVER-8727] Speculative - possible to recover certificate password with gdb? Created: 26/Feb/13 Updated: 08/Mar/13 Resolved: 26/Feb/13 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Core Server |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Gregor Macadam | Assignee: | Unassigned |
| Resolution: | Won't Fix | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Description |
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Not had time to test this yet - but if we aren't overwriting the memory used to hold the password that is passed in in argv then in theory gdb could be used to recover it. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Eric Milkie [ 26/Feb/13 ] |
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You can use gdb to view any contents of memory of a process. You can also change the behavior of a running program by depositing new values in variables at run time. |