vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2019-5427: c3p0 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 22, 2019
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 17, 2026

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.

Solutions

debian-upgrade-c3p0no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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