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SUSE 6.0: 2025:20177-1 important: libxml2 critical updates

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Significant patch released for SUSE addressing critical libxml2 vulnerabilities, featuring fixes for buffer overrun and NULL pointer access problems.
* bsc#1237363 * bsc#1237370 * bsc#1237418 Cross-References:

Summary

## 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 xmlPatMatch (bsc#1237418). ## 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 Micro 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-272=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * libxml2-2-2.11.6-5.1 * libxml2-tools-2.11.6-5.1 * libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.11.6-5.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow NULL pointer SUSE Linux libxml2 use-after-free

References

* bsc#1237363

* bsc#1237370

* bsc#1237418

Cross-

* CVE-2024-56171

* CVE-2025-24928

* CVE-2025-27113

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-56171 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2024-56171 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-56171 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-24928 ( SUSE ): 6.8

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

* CVE-2025-24928 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

* CVE-2025-24928 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-27113 ( SUSE ): 5.1

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20177-1
Release Date: 2025-04-04T13:07:29Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow NULL pointer SUSE Linux libxml2 use-after-free

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