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CVE-2016-5434

libalpm, as used in pacman 5.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) via a crafted signature file.

Published

2017-01-30T22:59:00.467

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	pacman_project	pacman	5.0.1	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9 ([email protected])
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)