Bug#927936: c3p0: CVE-2019-5427

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: c3p0
Version: 0.9.1.2-10
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Control: found -1 0.9.1.2-9+deb9u1
Control: found -1 0.9.1.2-9 

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for c3p0.

CVE-2019-5427[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5427
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5427
[1] https://hackerone.com/reports/509315
[2] https://github.com/swaldman/c3p0/commit/f38f27635c384806c2a9d6500d80183d9f09d78b

Regards,
Salvatore