Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:4116-1
Release Date:	2025-11-17T07:26:18Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1247850 bsc#1249076
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-8732 CVE-2025-9714
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-8732 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-8732 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-8732 ( NVD ): 1.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVE-2025-8732 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-9714 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-9714 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-9714 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-9714 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-9714: Fixed inifinite recursion at exsltDynMapFunction function in libexslt/dynamic.c (bsc#1249076)
• CVE-2025-8732: Fixed infinite recursion in catalog parsing functions when processing malformed SGML catalog files (bsc#1247850)

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 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4116=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4116=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4116=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4116=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4116=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python311-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-devel-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • libxml2-doc-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libxml2-2-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-devel-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1
  • python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8732.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9714.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247850
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249076