RLSA-2025:2679

Synopsis

Important: libxml2 security update

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.

Affected products

Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le Rocky Linux 9 s390x Rocky Linux 9 x86_64

Fixes

2346416 2346421

CVEs

CVE-2024-56171 CVE-2025-24928

Affected packages

Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le - AppStream

libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-devel-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.ppc64le.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 x86_64 - BaseOS

libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.x86_64.rpm libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.x86_64.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.i686.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.x86_64.rpm python3-libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.x86_64.rpm python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 - BaseOS

libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.aarch64.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.aarch64.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.aarch64.rpm python3-libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.aarch64.rpm python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le - BaseOS

libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.ppc64le.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.ppc64le.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.ppc64le.rpm python3-libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.ppc64le.rpm python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.ppc64le.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 s390x - BaseOS

libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.s390x.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.s390x.rpm libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.s390x.rpm python3-libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.s390x.rpm python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.s390x.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 x86_64 - AppStream

libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-devel-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.i686.rpm libxml2-devel-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 - AppStream

libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-devel-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 s390x - AppStream

libxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.src.rpm libxml2-devel-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2.s390x.rpm