GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-84p2-vf58-xhxv Billion laughs attack in c3p0

HIGH Published 2019-04-23 Modified 2021-04-23 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2019-5427
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.mchange:c3p0
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-776
Reviewed
2019-04-23

Affected packages

• Maven com.mchange:c3p0: < 0.9.5.4 → fixed in 0.9.5.4

Description

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2019-5427 c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs weakness

References