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Oracle Linux 9 : libxml2 (ELSA-2025-2679)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232670

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-2679 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2024-56171 (RHEL-80128)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or python3-libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-2679.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232670

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-2679.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2025

Updated: 3/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56171

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24928

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libxml2, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:5:baseos_patch, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2025-24928

IAVA: 2025-A-0123