RHEL 8 : libxml2 (RHSA-2025:2660)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232813

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libxml2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:2660 advisory.

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL libxml2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:2660.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232813

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-2660.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/15/2025

Updated: 3/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

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

CWE: 121, 416

RHSA: 2025:2660

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