CVE-2019-5427 (High) detected in c3p0-0.9.5.2.jar

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CVE-2019-5427 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - c3p0-0.9.5.2.jar

a JDBC Connection pooling / Statement caching library

Library home page: https://github.com/swaldman/c3p0

Path to dependency file: cloud-pipeline/elasticsearch-agent/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: canner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.mchange/c3p0/0.9.5.2/5f86cb6130bc6e8475615ed82d5b5e6fb226a86a/c3p0-0.9.5.2.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.mchange/c3p0/0.9.5.2/5f86cb6130bc6e8475615ed82d5b5e6fb226a86a/c3p0-0.9.5.2.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ c3p0-0.9.5.2.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 1db3170e0bd699acd5fec6e3fcebfa68fe86edcf

Found in base branch: develop

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: com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.5.4

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⛑️ Automatic Remediation is available for this issue