CVE-2016-5434 in libalpm

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 06/14/2016
• Disclosure: 01/30/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-96300 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.4
• EPSS: 0.00460
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5434
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5434
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-5434/