| Name | CVE-2019-5427 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 927936 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| c3p0 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.9.1.2-9+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, buster, bullseye, trixie, bookworm | 0.9.1.2-10 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| c3p0 | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| c3p0 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | 927936 |
Notes
[bookworm] - c3p0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - c3p0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - c3p0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - c3p0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - c3p0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://hackerone.com/reports/509315
Fixed by: https://github.com/swaldman/c3p0/commit/f38f27635c384806c2a9d6500d80183d9f09d78b