CVE-2021-43113

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-43113
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-15 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-24 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptioniTextPDF in iText 7 and up to (excluding 4.4.13.3) 7.1.17 allows command injection via a CompareTool filename that is mishandled on the gs (aka Ghostscript) command line in GhostscriptHelper.java.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Itextpdf Itext All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3273-1] libitext5-java security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Release iText 5.5.13.3 · itext/itextpdf · GitHub MISC github.com
iTextPDF7 Parameter Injection PoC - Pastebin.com MISC pastebin.com
Release iText Core/Community 7.1.17 · itext/itext7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5323-1 libitext5-java DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181481 Debian Security Update for libitext5-java (DLA 3273-1)
  • 181487 Debian Security Update for libitext5-java (DSA 5323-1)
  • 184449 Debian Security Update for libitext5-java (CVE-2021-43113)

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