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SUSE: 2025:1438-1 moderate: libxml2 buffer under-read and read errors

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important SUSE patch for libxml2 tackling severe problems such as out-of-bounds memory access and buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
* bsc#1241453 * bsc#1241551 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-32414

Summary

## This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-32414: Fixed an out-of-bounds read when parsing text via the Python API. (bsc#1241551) * CVE-2025-32415: Fixed a crafted XML document may lead to a heap-based buffer under-read. (bsc#1241453) ## 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-2025-1438=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1438=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-1438=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1438=1 * Python 3 Module 15-SP6

References

* bsc#1241453

* bsc#1241551

Cross-

* CVE-2025-32414

* CVE-2025-32415

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-32414 ( SUSE ): 2.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

* CVE-2025-32414 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-32414 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-32414 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-32415 ( SUSE ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-32415 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-32415 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1438-1
Release Date: 2025-05-02T13:44:22Z
Rating: moderate

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