cve/2016/CVE-2016-5434.md

### [CVE-2016-5434](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5434)
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### 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.

### POC

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

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.