INFSA-2024:3626: libxml2 security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:3626

Type: security

Release date: 2024-08-23 18:58:44 UTC

Information about package

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

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-25062

    An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 7.5 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

Updated packages