Fedora: libxml2 Critical Stack Overflow Issue 2025:5116-2
opensuse
November 17, 2025
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description
This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2025-9714: Fixed inifinite recursion at exsltDynMapFunction function in
libexslt/dynamic.c (bsc#1249076)
* CVE-2025-8732: Fixed infinite recursion in catalog parsing functions when
processing malformed SGML catalog files (bsc#1247850)
Topics Covered
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-15.6-2025-4115=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-4115=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-4115=1
Package List
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-2-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-tools-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
* libxml2-2-2.9.7-150000.3.88.1
*...
Read the Full AdvisoryReferences
* bsc#1247850
* bsc#1249076
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8732.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9714.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247850
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249076
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4115-1
Release Date: 2025-11-17T07:26:06Z
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
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