CVE-2019-5427

Publication date 22 April 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
c3p0 25.04 plucky
Fixed 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.21.10.1
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
c3p0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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