CVE-2019-5427 (High) detected in c3p0-0.9.1.1.jar

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CVE-2019-5427 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - c3p0-0.9.1.1.jar

c3p0 is an easy-to-use library for augmenting traditional (DriverManager-based) JDBC drivers with JNDI-bindable DataSources, including DataSources that implement Connection and Statement Pooling, as described by the jdbc3 spec and jdbc2 std extension.

Library home page: http://c3p0.sourceforge.net

Dependency Hierarchy:

• quartz-2.2.2.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ c3p0-0.9.1.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 743bd280ef9d3a3127ed7f904cd5dddec872618a

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2019-04-22

URL: CVE-2019-5427

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5427

Release Date: 2019-04-22

Fix Resolution: c3p0-0.9.5.4

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