{"id":"ALSA-2025:2686","summary":"Important: libxml2 security update","details":"The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171)\n  * libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-01-30T00:29:45.585593Z","published":"2025-03-12T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2024-56171","CVE-2025-24928"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2686"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56171"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24928"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2346416"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2346421"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-2686.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.7-19.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:2686.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libxml2-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.7-19.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:2686.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python3-libxml2","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-libxml2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.7-19.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:2686.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}