CVE-2016-5434 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5