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openSUSE: 2025:0976-1 important: libxml2 Advisory Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical security update for libxml2 in openSUSE fixes multiple important issues. Recommended installation methods outlined.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

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

xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c (bsc#1237363).

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

valid.c (bsc#1237370).

* CVE-2025-27113: Fixed NULL Pointer Dereference in libxml2 xmlPatMatch

(bsc#1237418).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow DoS important libxml2 openSUSE

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-15.6-2025-976=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-976=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-976=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-976=1

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-976=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-976=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-976=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-976=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

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

x86_64)

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-devel-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-2-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

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

* libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

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

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.76.1

*...

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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-2025:0976-1
Release Date: 2025-03-21T08:25:31Z
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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