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openSUSE: libxml2 Important Patch Denial of Service Threat 2025:02355-1

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical flaws in libxml2 addressed for openSUSE. Prompt application of updates is recommended for safety.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-49794: Fixed a heap use after free which could lead to denial of

service. (bsc#1244554)

* CVE-2025-49796: Fixed type confusion which could lead to denial of service.

(bsc#1244557)

* CVE-2025-6170: Fixed a stack buffer overflow which could lead to a crash.

(bsc#1244700)

* CVE-2025-6021: Fixed an integer overflow in xmlBuildQName() which could lead

to stack buffer overflow. (bsc#1244590)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2355=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-devel-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* python311-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* libxml2-doc-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libxml2-devel-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* libxml2-2-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.44.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

*...

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References

* bsc#1244554

* bsc#1244557

* bsc#1244590

* bsc#1244700

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49794.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49796.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6021.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244554

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244557

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244590

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244700

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02355-1
Release Date: 2025-07-17T13:02:50Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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