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openSUSE: libxml2 Moderate Fix for Infinite Recursion Issues 2025:4116-1

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2025
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Update for libxml2 addresses two moderate issues in openSUSE with CVEs 2025-8732 and 2025-9714, ensuring system integrity.
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%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate libxml2 OpenSUSE infinite recursion catalog parsing

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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4116=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4116=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4116=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4116=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4116=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* python311-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-devel-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* libxml2-doc-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libxml2-2-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-devel-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* 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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4116-1
Release Date: 2025-11-17T07:26:18Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * 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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate libxml2 OpenSUSE infinite recursion catalog parsing

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