Use After Free Affecting python3-libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3LIBXML2-7030579
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed4 Feb 2024

Introduced: 4 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-25062  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 python3-libxml2 to version 0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3299.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libxml2 package and not the python3-libxml2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

CVSS Scores

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