Fedora 41 : libxml2 (2024-867a14de12)

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-867a14de12 advisory. Update to 2.12.9 Fixes CVE-2024-40896. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has...

CVE-2024-40896

A flaw was found in libxml2. In the affected versions of libxml2, the SAX parser can generate events for external entities, even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting it to "checked." This vulnerability allows classic XML External Entity XXE attacks. Mitigation Mitigati...

SUSE CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

AZL-54657 CVE-2024-40896 affecting package libxml2 for versions less than 2.11.5-2

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

CVE-2024-40896

In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3, the SAX parser can produce events for external entities even if custom SAX handlers try to override entity content by setting "checked". This makes classic XXE attacks possible...

Amazon Linux 2 : libxml2 (ALAS-2024-2717)

The version of libxml2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.9.1-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2717 advisory. An issue was discovered in xmllint from libxml2 before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint...

CVE-2024-40896

CVE-2024-40896 affects libxml2 prior to 2.11.9, 2.12 prior to 2.12.9, and 2.13 prior to 2.13.3. The SAX parser can emit events for external entities even when custom SAX handlers try to override content (via checked), enabling classic XXE attacks. Connected sources reiterate the same vulnerabilit...

Medium: libxml2

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in xmllint from libxml2 before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c. CVE-2024-34459 Affected Packages: libxml2 Note: This advisory is...

Medium: libxml2

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in xmllint from libxml2 before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c. CVE-2024-34459 Affected Packages: libxml2 Note: This advisory is...

CLSA-2024-1734535703 php: Fix of CVE-2023-3823

CVE-2023-3823: Fix external entity loading in XML without enabling by sanitizing libxml2 globals before parsing...

CLSA-2024-1734368396 Update of libxml2

Version was updated...

PT-2025-6723

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 versions 2.12.10 and earlier, 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.6 Description The issue is related to a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document...

Medium: libxml2

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in xmllint from libxml2 before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c. CVE-2024-34459 Affected Packages: libxml2 Issue Correction: Run dnf...

Medium: libxml2

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in xmllint from libxml2 before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c. CVE-2024-34459 Affected Packages: libxml2 Issue Correction: Run dnf...