CVE-2025-6297

dpkg-deb: Fix cleanup for control member with restricted directories

High · published July 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

It was discovered that dpkg-deb does not properly sanitize directory permissions when extracting a control member into a temporary directory, which is

documented as being a safe operation even on untrusted data. This may result in leaving temporary files behind on cleanup. Given automated and repeated execution of dpkg-deb commands on

adversarial .deb packages or with well compressible files, placed

inside a directory with permissions not allowing removal by a non-root

user, this can end up in a DoS scenario due to causing disk quota

exhaustion or disk full conditions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00410 · 34.2th percentile
Published
2025-07-01T16:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUL 16:16Z
    dpkg-deb: Fix cleanup for control member with restricted directories
    cvelistv5