CVE-2016-5434 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2016-5434

libalpm, as used in pacman 5.0.1, allows remote attackers to...

5.5 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

pacman project

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Affected Software

pacman

Vulnerable Versions:

5.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 30th, 2017

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.