Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02617-1
Release Date: 2025-08-04T07:05:10Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-7425 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
  • CVE-2025-7425 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-7425 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-7425: Fixed heap Use-After-Free in libxslt caused by atype corruption in xmlAttrPtr (bsc#1246296)

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:

  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP7-2025-2617=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2617=1

Package List:

  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.12.10-150700.4.6.1

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