RockyLinux 8 : libxml2 (RLSA-2025:2686)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235515

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:2686 advisory.

* libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171)

* libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235515

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-2686.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56171

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24928

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2025-24928

Detections

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