cve-2021-43113
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-15 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 03:47
Severity ?
Summary
iTextPDF 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YYExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/itext/itext7/releases/tag/7.1.17Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/releases/tag/5.5.13.3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pastebin.com/BXnkY9YYExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5323Third Party Advisory
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