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MiracleLinux 8 : libxml2-2.9.7-18.el8_10.2 (AXSA:2025-9668:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 282749

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-9668:02 advisory.

 * libxml: use-after-free in xmlXIncludeAddNode (CVE-2022-49043)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/20852

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 282749

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-9668.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/13/2026

Updated: 1/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-libxml2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49043