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openSUSE: 2025:0746-1 important: libxml2 severe buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Urgent libxml2 security patch for Fedora addresses four vulnerabilities along with recommended remediation measures.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-56171: use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and

xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c (bsc#1237363).

* CVE-2025-24928: stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in

valid.c (bsc#1237370).

* CVE-2025-27113: NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c

(bsc#1237418).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important NULL pointer SUSE important update libxml2 openSUSE use-after-free openSUSE Leap Python module

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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-746=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-746=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-746=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-746=1

* Python 3 Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP6-2025-746=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-746=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-746=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-746=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* libxml2-devel-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* libxml2-doc-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-2-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* libxml2-devel-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1237363

* bsc#1237370

* bsc#1237418

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56171.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24928.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-27113.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237363

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237370

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237418

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0746-1
Release Date: 2025-02-28T16:10:45Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Python 3 Module 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important NULL pointer SUSE important update libxml2 openSUSE use-after-free openSUSE Leap Python module

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