RLSA-2025:2686

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:2686
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:2686.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2025:2686
Published
2025-05-07T19:11:34.309952Z
Modified
2025-05-07T19:48:12.268260Z
Upstream
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/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):

  • libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171)

  • libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928)

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
0:2.9.7-19.el8_10