Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade dpkg | Mar 26, 2024 | May 26, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dpkg | May 27, 2022 | May 27, 2022 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023366 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Oct 5, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-arch/dpkg. | Aug 13, 2024 | May 26, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade dpkg | Aug 18, 2022 | May 26, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade dpkg-langUpgrade dpkg-develUpgrade dpkg | Nov 21, 2022 | May 26, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade dpkgUpgrade libdpkg-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade dpkg (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libdpkg-perl | May 31, 2022 | May 26, 2022 |
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