SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2025:02294-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 242016

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02294-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-49794: Fixed a heap use after free which could lead to denial of service. (bsc#1244554)
- CVE-2025-49796: Fixed type confusion which could lead to denial of service. (bsc#1244557)
- CVE-2025-6170: Fixed a stack buffer overflow which could lead to a crash. (bsc#1244700)
- CVE-2025-6021: Fixed an integer overflow in xmlBuildQName() which could lead to stack buffer overflow.
(bsc#1244590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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: Low

ID: 242016

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02294-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2025

Updated: 7/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6170

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-49794, CVE-2025-49796, CVE-2025-6021, CVE-2025-6170

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02294-1

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