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RHEL 9 : libxml2 (RHSA-2025:13428)

🗓️ 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 1 Views

RHEL 9 libxml2 fixes for CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415; out-of-bounds reads; RHSA-2025:13428

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libxml2 library (CVE-2025-32415) affects Power HMC.
19 Nov 202508:45
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities due to libxml2, python3, pam and glibc  packages shipped with IBM CICS TX Advanced.
12 Aug 202511:56
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in RedHat UBI affect IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
20 Oct 202522:01
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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities due to the libxml2 package (CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2025-32414, CVE-2025-32415)
2 Sep 202514:37
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Instana Observability has addressed Multiple Vulnerabilities within Instana Agent container image
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12 Aug 202511:48
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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images
5 Sep 202519:04
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      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'libxml2-2.9.13-12.el9_6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-devel-2.9.13-12.el9_6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libxml2-2.9.13-12.el9_6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '6',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
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      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
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      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'libxml2-2.9.13-12.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-devel-2.9.13-12.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libxml2-2.9.13-12.el9_6', 'sp':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxml2 / libxml2-devel / python3-libxml2');
}

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6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.15.6 - 7.5
EPSS0.00523
SSVC
red hat advisory libxml2 vulnerability out of bounds extensible markup language
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