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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTg0cDItdmY1OC14aHh2

Billion laughs attack in c3p0

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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84p2-vf58-xhxv
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago


CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.03158
EPSS Percentile: 0.91358

Identifiers: GHSA-84p2-vf58-xhxv, CVE-2019-5427
References: Blast Radius: 31.8

Affected Packages

maven:com.mchange:c3p0
Dependent packages: 537
Dependent repositories: 17,523
Downloads:
Affected Version Ranges: <= 0.9.5.3
Fixed in: 0.9.5.4
All affected versions:
All unaffected versions: 0.9.2, 0.9.5, 0.10.0, 0.10.1