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IBM WebSphere Liberty Server Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000171-AS-000119
The WebSphere Liberty Server must store only encrypted representations of user passwords.
The WebSphere Liberty Server must store only encrypted representations of user passwords.
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The WebSphere Liberty Server must store only encrypted representations of user passwords.
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<VulnDiscussion>WebSphere Liberty can either provide a local account store or integrate with enterprise account stores such as LDAP directories. If the application server stores application passwords in the server.xml configuration files, the application server must store encrypted representations of passwords rather than unencrypted, clear-text passwords. The Liberty Application Server provides a SecurityUtility tool that can take a plain-text or encoded password and convert it to an encrypted password. This tool does not update the ${server.config.dir/server.xml file directly; a manual update of the server.xml is needed once the utility is run. It is imperative that administrators understand that the SecurityUtility tool must be run for each application password that is stored within the server.xml file. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000171-AS-000119, SRG-APP-000428-AS-000265, SRG-APP-000429-AS-000157</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>