Slackware Linux 15.0 libxml2 Vulnerability (SSA:2026-249-02)

The version of libxml2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.11.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2026-249-02 advisory. New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

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...