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Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0204: libxml2 (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0204)

low Nessus Plugin ID 327258

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2026:0204 advisory.

 Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

 CVE-2025-6170:
 A flaw was found in the interactive shell of the xmllint command-line tool, used for parsing XML files.
 When a user inputs an overly long command, the program does not check the input size properly, which can cause it to crash. This issue might allow attackers to run harmful code in rare configurations without modern protections.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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 packages.

See Also

http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20260204.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 327258

File Name: alinux3_sa_2026-0204.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 7/16/2026

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python2-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libxml2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6170