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Alpine: multiple libxml2 packages, multiple py3-libxml2 packages: security update to 2.12.7-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424086

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error
 messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.
 (CVE-2024-34459)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-34459

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424086

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34459

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-34459

IAVA: 2024-A-0067-S