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Given automated and repeated execution of dpkg-deb commands on\nadversarial .deb packages or with well compressible files, placed\ninside a directory with permissions not allowing removal by a non-root\nuser, this can end up in a DoS scenario due to causing disk quota\nexhaustion or disk full conditions.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-01T17:15:30Z","modified":"2026-04-21T04:32:30.047131Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:08.076947Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2025-1760024944","title":"Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-6297","description":"   * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix directory cleanup vulnerability\n     - dpkg-deb/info.c: Fix cleanup for control member with restricted\n       directories\n     - Add treewalk to set proper permissions before removal for non-root users\n     - CVE-2025-6297","status":"published","published":"2025-10-09T15:49:08Z","modified":"2026-06-04T10:04:25.837262Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:42.427288Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2025-1764321086","title":"Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-6297","description":"   * SECURITY UPDATE: Directory permission cleanup vulnerability leading to DoS\n     - debian/patches/CVE-2025-6297.patch: Fix cleanup for control member\n       with restricted directories\n     - CVE-2025-6297","status":"published","published":"2025-12-08T16:30:02Z","modified":"2026-06-04T10:03:26.428191Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:42.847264Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2025-0204","title":"Updated dpkg packages fix security vulnerabilities","description":"It was discovered that dpkg-deb does not properly sanitize directory\npermissions when extracting a control member into a temporary directory,\nwhich is documented as being a safe operation even on untrusted data.\nThis may result in leaving temporary files behind on cleanup. Given\nautomated and repeated execution of dpkg-deb commands on adversarial\n.deb packages or with well compressible files, placed inside a directory\nwith permissions not allowing removal by a non-root user, this can end\nup in a DoS scenario due to causing disk quota exhaustion or disk full\nconditions.\n","status":"published","published":"2025-07-11T18:52:28Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:43:05.7201103Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:43.178336Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2025:15314-1","title":"dpkg-1.22.21-1.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the dpkg-1.22.21-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-06T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-23T04:53:38.35582Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:37.810934Z"},{"id":"ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-6297","title":"CVE-2025-6297 in rootio-dpkg - Patched by Root","description":"Root has patched CVE-2025-6297 in the rootio-dpkg package for Root:Debian:12. 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An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume disk\nspace, leading to a denial of service.","status":"published","published":"2025-09-24T12:54:00Z","modified":"2026-04-27T18:17:26.257929Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:21.91885Z"}]}}