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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5323-1 libitext5-java -- security update

Date Reported:

19 Jan 2023

Affected Packages:

libitext5-java

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1014597.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-43113.

More information:

It was discovered that the CompareTool of iText, a Java PDF library which uses the external ghostscript software to compare PDFs at a pixel level, allowed command injection when parsing a specially crafted filename.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 5.5.13.2-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libitext5-java packages.

For the detailed security status of libitext5-java please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libitext5-java.