Issued:
2025-03-11
Updated:
2025-03-11

RHSA-2025:2660 - Important: libxml2 security update

Synopsis

Important: libxml2 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for libxml2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.4ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS8.4x86_64

Updated Packages

  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.ppc64le.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.i686.rpm
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.src.rpm
  • libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.ppc64le.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.i686.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.i686.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.ppc64le.rpm
  • libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.i686.rpm
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.i686.rpm
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-9.el8_4.5.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information