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openSUSE 2025:0748-1 critical: libxml2 buffer overflow updates

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential openSUSE xmlsec1 upgrade tackles serious security risks and flaws with guidance.
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 libxml2 openSUSE use-after-free NULL pointer dereference stack-based overflow

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-748=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-748=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-748=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-748=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-748=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-748=1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2025-748=1

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.38.1

*...

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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

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0748-1
Release Date: 2025-02-28T16:14:28Z
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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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important NULL pointer libxml2 openSUSE use-after-free NULL pointer dereference stack-based overflow

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