Vulnerability CVE-2016-5434
Published: 2017-01-30   Modified: 2017-01-31

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.1/10
6.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Pacman project -> Pacman 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.html
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