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Karteek Docsplit vulnerable to OS Command Injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 16, 2023

Package

bundler karteek-docsplit (RubyGems)

Affected versions

<= 0.5.4

Patched versions

None

Description

The extract_from_ocr function in lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb in the Karteek Docsplit (karteek-docsplit) gem 0.5.4 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a PDF filename.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 25, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jan 26, 2023
Last updated Aug 16, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-1933

GHSA ID

GHSA-4fvg-pwv7-v54g

Source code

No known source code
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