Echo: libxml2-2.9.1: security update to 2.9.1+e1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 476464

Description

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

- In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference
and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c. (CVE-2023-28484)

Solution

Update the libxml2-2.9.1 library and its related packages to version 2.9.1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-28484

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476464

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28484

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28484