XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting c3p0 package, versions <0.9.1.2-10
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- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed24 Dec 2018
Introduced: 24 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20433 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 c3p0 to version 0.9.1.2-10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream c3p0 package and not the c3p0 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
c3p0 0.9.5.2 allows XXE in extractXmlConfigFromInputStream in com/mchange/v2/c3p0/cfg/C3P0ConfigXmlUtils.java during initialization.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20433
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFIVX6HOVNLAM7W3SUAMHYRNLCVQSAWR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQ47OFV57Y2DAHMGA5H3JOL4WHRWRFN4/
- https://github.com/zhutougg/c3p0/commit/2eb0ea97f745740b18dd45e4a909112d4685f87b
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20433
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFIVX6HOVNLAM7W3SUAMHYRNLCVQSAWR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQ47OFV57Y2DAHMGA5H3JOL4WHRWRFN4/