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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:0303-1 critical: libxml2 buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2025
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An update for libxml2 on openSUSE addresses a severe use-after-free vulnerability. Important patches released across multiple SUSE distributions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2022-49043: Fixed a use-after-free in xmlXIncludeAddNode. (bsc#1236460)

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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 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-303=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-303=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-303=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-303=1

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-303=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-303=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-303=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-303=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-2-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-devel-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (x86_64)

* libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.7-150000.3.73.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1236460

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49043.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236460

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0303-1
Release Date: 2025-01-30T14:51:20Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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