{"id":"RLSA-2025:2679","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\n* libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928)\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.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:36:27.698045Z","published":"2025-07-29T13:40:13.627657Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-56171","CVE-2025-24928"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:2679"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346416"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346421"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:2679.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}