RLSA-2025:10698

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:10698
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:10698.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2025:10698
Upstream
Published
2025-07-29T13:38:26.982620Z
Modified
2025-07-29T14:03:19.453298Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: libxml2 security update
Details

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

  • libxml: Heap use after free (UAF) leads to Denial of service (DoS) (CVE-2025-49794)

  • libxml: Type confusion leads to Denial of service (DoS) (CVE-2025-49796)

  • libxml2: Integer Overflow in xmlBuildQName() Leads to Stack Buffer Overflow in libxml2 (CVE-2025-6021)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1