RHSA-2024:3626 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for libxml2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE
link(s) in the References section.

Description

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of
various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

• libxml2: use-after-free in XMLReader (CVE-2024-25062)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact,
a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer
to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2262726 - CVE-2024-25062 libxml2: use-after-free in XMLReader

CVEs

• CVE-2024-25062

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate