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libxml2: Unrestricted XML Data Processing on Red Hat Systems

published 2 years ago

Summary

A security update is available for libxml2 on Red Hat systems. This update fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a system by sending specially crafted XML data. Users should apply the update to ensure their systems are protected.

What to do

Update redhat libxml2-debuginfo to version 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1.
Update redhat libxml2-debugsource to version 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1.
Update redhat libxml2-devel to version 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1.
Update redhat python3-libxml2-debuginfo to version 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1.
Update redhat libxml2 to version 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1.
Update redhat python3-libxml2 to version 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	libxml2-debuginfo	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	libxml2-debugsource	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	libxml2-devel	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	redhat	python3-libxml2-debuginfo	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos	redhat	libxml2	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos	redhat	libxml2-debuginfo	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos	redhat	libxml2-debugsource	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos	redhat	python3-libxml2	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos	redhat	python3-libxml2-debuginfo	< 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1 Fix: upgrade to 0:2.9.7-18.el8_10.1

Original advisory text

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3626 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262726 Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_3626.j... Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25062 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25062 Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25062 Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/604 Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal 60 days

Not known to be exploited
Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

7.5 High

Timeline

Published12 Sep 2024

Updated2 Jul 2026

First seen2 Jul 2026

Sources

RHSA-2024:3626 · OSV

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