AlmaLinux 8 : libxslt (ALSA-2025:3615)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233973

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:3615 advisory.

* libxslt: Use-After-Free in libxslt numbers.c (CVE-2025-24855)
* libxslt: Use-After-Free in libxslt (xsltGetInheritedNsList) (CVE-2024-55549)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 libxslt and / or libxslt-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-3615.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3615

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233973

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-3615.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/7/2025

Updated: 4/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24855

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:N/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libxslt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libxslt, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-55549, CVE-2025-24855

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2025:3615