| Name | CVE-2021-43113 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3273-1, DSA-5323-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1014597 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libitext5-java (PTS) | buster | 5.5.13-1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 5.5.13-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.5.13.2-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.5.13.3-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.5.13.3-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/itext/itextpdf/commit/ce8bbacd631e13717a91f02e9cbd9814b9dc2cca (5.5.13.3)