CVE-2016-5434 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2017-01-30

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pacman_project:pacman:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6378	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.html

History

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Subscriptions

Pacman Project Pacman

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-30T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:01:00.338Z

Reserved: 2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5434

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-30T22:59:00.467

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5434

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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