CVE-2019-5427: Billion laughs attack in c3p0

CVE-2019-5427 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2019-04-23

Billion laughs attack in c3p0

Technologies: com.mchange:c3p0 (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2019-5427 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-5427 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2019-5427?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 23 April 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.mchange:c3p0 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9.5.4.
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-5427?
Yes. com.mchange:c3p0 (Maven): upgrade to 0.9.5.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2019-5427?
Check whether you run com.mchange:c3p0 (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • com.mchange:c3p0 (Maven): upgrade to 0.9.5.4 or later
    # set com.mchange:c3p0 to 0.9.5.4 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.mchange:c3p0 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9.5.4

Identifiers

  • CVE-2019-5427
  • GHSA-84p2-vf58-xhxv

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