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Oracle Linux 8 : libxml2 (ELSA-2025-12450)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243260

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-12450 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2025-7425 (RHEL-102797)
 - Fix CVE-2025-6021 (RHEL-96498)
 - Fix CVE-2025-49794 (RHEL-96398)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or python3-libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-12450.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243260

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-12450.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2025

Updated: 7/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7425

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:N/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-7425