High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-5442
CVE-2019-5442
Description
XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs Attack) on Pippo 1.12.0 results in Denial of Service.Entities are created recursively and large amounts of heap memory is taken. Eventually, the JVM process will run out of memory. Otherwise, if the OS does not bound the memory on that process, memory will continue to be exhausted and will affect other processes on the system.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
ro.pippo:pippo-jaxbMaven | <= 1.12.0 | — |
Affected products
2- Pippo/Pippodescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwcx-9p4j-7hwjghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5442ghsaADVISORY
- hackerone.com/reports/506791ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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