Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:0746-1
Release Date:	2025-02-28T16:10:45Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1237363 bsc#1237370 bsc#1237418
Cross-References:	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 CVE-2025-27113 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-27113 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-27113 ( 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-56171: use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c (bsc#1237363).
• CVE-2025-24928: stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c (bsc#1237370).
• CVE-2025-27113: NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c (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:

• openSUSE Leap 15.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-746=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-746=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-746=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-746=1
• Python 3 Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP6-2025-746=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-746=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-746=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-746=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-746=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-devel-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
  • libxml2-doc-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-devel-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
  • libxml2-doc-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• Python 3 Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.23.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56171.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24928.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-27113.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237363
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237370
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237418