Avoid NullCipher

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ID: java-security/avoid-null-cipher

Language: Java

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

Description

Do not use NullCipher as it does not transform the plaintext and the cipher text is identical to the text. Use real security measures for your application.

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Non-Compliant Code Examples

public class Main {
    public static main(String[] args) {
        Cipher doNothingCihper = new NullCipher();
        Cipher doNothingCihper2 = new javax.crypto.NullCipher();
    }
    @Override
    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");

        javax.servlet.http.Cookie[] theCookies = request.getCookies();

        String param = "noCookieValueSupplied";
        if (theCookies != null) {
            for (javax.servlet.http.Cookie theCookie : theCookies) {
                if (theCookie.getName().equals("BenchmarkTest00073")) {
                    param = java.net.URLDecoder.decode(theCookie.getValue(), "UTF-8");
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        String bar;
        String guess = "ABC";
        char switchTarget = guess.charAt(1); // condition 'B', which is safe

        // Simple case statement that assigns param to bar on conditions 'A', 'C', or 'D'
        switch (switchTarget) {
            case 'A':
                bar = param;
                break;
            case 'B':
                bar = "bob";
                break;
            case 'C':
            case 'D':
                bar = param;
                break;
            default:
                bar = "bob's your uncle";
                break;
        }

        try {
            java.security.MessageDigest md = java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            byte[] input = {(byte) '?'};
            Object inputParam = bar;
            if (inputParam instanceof String) input = ((String) inputParam).getBytes();
            if (inputParam instanceof java.io.InputStream) {
                byte[] strInput = new byte[1000];
                int i = ((java.io.InputStream) inputParam).read(strInput);
                if (i == -1) {
                    response.getWriter()
                            .println(
                                    "This input source requires a POST, not a GET. Incompatible UI for the InputStream source.");
                    return;
                }
                input = java.util.Arrays.copyOf(strInput, i);
            }
            md.update(input);

            byte[] result = md.digest();
            java.io.File fileTarget =
                    new java.io.File(
                            new java.io.File(org.owasp.benchmark.helpers.Utils.TESTFILES_DIR),
                            "passwordFile.txt");
            java.io.FileWriter fw =
                    new java.io.FileWriter(fileTarget, true); // the true will append the new data
            fw.write(
                    "hash_value="
                            + org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI.encoder().encodeForBase64(result, true)
                            + "\n");
            fw.close();
            response.getWriter()
                    .println(
                            "Sensitive value '"
                                    + org.owasp
                                            .esapi
                                            .ESAPI
                                            .encoder()
                                            .encodeForHTML(new String(input))
                                    + "' hashed and stored<br/>");

        } catch (java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            System.out.println("Problem executing hash - TestCase");
            throw new ServletException(e);
        }

        response.getWriter()
                .println(
                        "Hash Test java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance(java.lang.String) executed");
    }
}
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