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Ubuntu 25.10 dpkg Important Denial of Service Risk USN-8249-1

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2026
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dpkg exposes Ubuntu to DoS risks through specially crafted files. Update to mitigate this issue.
dpkg could be made to stop responding if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

dpkg could be made to stop responding if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- dpkg: Debian package management system

Details:

Yashashree Gund discovered that the dpkg dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled

certain zstd-compressed .deb archives. If a user or automated system were

tricked into manipulating a specially crafted .deb archive, a remote

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause dpkg-deb to stop

responding, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  dpkg                            1.22.21ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  dpkg                            1.22.6ubuntu6.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8249-1

CVE-2026-2219

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8249-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu important dpkg

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.22.21ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.22.6ubuntu6.6

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