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High RLSA-2025:2686 2 CVEs

Important: libxml2 security update

Published May 7, 2025 · Updated May 7, 2025

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 libxml2 0:2.9.7-19.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346416
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346421