/etc/dpkg/shlibs.default is in dpkg-dev 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o644.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  | # dpkg shlibs defaults file
#
# This file contains shlibs entries that are used as a last resort when
# no matching entries are found elsewhere.  For more information see the
# dpkg-shlibdeps(1) manual page. 
#
# <library name>	<version/soname>	<dependencies>
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