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Ubuntu 21.10: USN-5294-1 Critical: c3p0 Vulnerability Mitigation

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A c3p0 security flaw may result in app failure when handling certain documents. Ensure you upgrade your system to remedy this issue.
c3p0 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

c3p0 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- c3p0: JDBC Connection pooling library

Details:

Aaron Massey discovered that c3p0 could be made to crash when

parsing certain input. An attacker able to modify the application's

XML configuration file could cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu software issue application crash c3p0

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 21.10:
  libc3p0-java                    0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libc3p0-java                    0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libc3p0-java                    0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5293-1

CVE-2019-5427

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February 21, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu software issue application crash c3p0

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c3p0/0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.21.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c3p0/0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c3p0/0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1

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