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ALT-PU-2026-17583-2

Package update dpkg in branch sisyphus

Version1.23.7-alt1
Published2026-10-06
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (1)

CVE-2026-2219
HIGH7.5

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).

Published: 2026-03-07Modified: 2026-06-17
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H