PT-2026-23848 · Debian+2 · Dpkg-Deb+2
CVSS v3.1
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
dpkg-deb (affected versions not specified)
Description
The dpkg-deb component of the Debian package management system does not properly validate the end of the data stream when uncompressing a zstd-compressed .deb archive. This can lead to a denial of service condition, specifically an infinite loop that consumes CPU resources.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
Infinite Loop
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Ubuntu
Dpkg-Deb