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Oracle Linux 8 : libxml2 (ELSA-2026-36734)

low Nessus Plugin ID 325928

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-2026-36734 advisory.

 [2.9.7-21.6]
 - Fix CVE-2025-6170 (RHEL-182012)

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-2026-36734.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 325928

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-36734.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.15

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6170

IAVA: 2025-A-0707-S