RHEL 7 : libxml2 (RHSA-2025:12240)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243051

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libxml2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12240 advisory.

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

* libxml2: Out-of-Bounds Read in libxml2 (CVE-2025-32414)

* libxml: Heap use after free (UAF) leads to Denial of service (DoS) (CVE-2025-49794)

* libxml: Type confusion leads to Denial of service (DoS) (CVE-2025-49796)

* libxml2: Integer Overflow in xmlBuildQName() Leads to Stack Buffer Overflow in libxml2 (CVE-2025-6021)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL libxml2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:12240.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2358121

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372373

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372385

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372406

http://www.nessus.org/u?1483c8d9

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12240

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243051

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-12240.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2025

Updated: 7/30/2025

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2025-32414

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-python

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32414, CVE-2025-49794, CVE-2025-49796, CVE-2025-6021

CWE: 121, 125, 393, 825

RHSA: 2025:12240