Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: libxml2 / libxml2-debuginfo / libxml2-debugsource / libxml2-devel / etc (crlsa-2024_3626)

high Nessus Plugin ID 355522

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_3626 advisory.

* libxml2: use-after-free in XMLReader (CVE-2024-25062)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_3626.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3626

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262726

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:3626

http://www.nessus.org/u?56646da1

http://www.nessus.org/u?bd530d5a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 355522

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_3626.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2024-25062

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25062