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CVE-2025-6297

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.

  • Published: Jul 1, 2025
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2025-6297
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.2
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N