NIXPKGS-2026-0579
GitHub issue
published on 8 Mar 2026
by @mweinelt Activity log
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- @mweinelt published on GitHub
It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the …
It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when uncompressing a zstd-compressed .deb archive, which may result in denial of service (infinite loop spinning the CPU).
References
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https://bugs.debian.org/1129722 issue-tracking
Affected products
dpkg
- <1.23.6
Package maintainers
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@siriobalmelli Sirio Balmelli <sirio@b-ad.ch>