CVE-2025-6297 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting dpkg-deb in Debian, stemming from improper sanitization of directory permissions during control member extraction. This flaw can lead to temporary files being left behind, potentially causing a Denial of Service (DoS) through disk quota exhaustion or full disk conditions, especially when processing malicious .deb packages repeatedly. The CVSS score is 8.2 (HIGH), indicating a network-attackable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.22.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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