vulnerability

Alma Linux: CVE-2025-49796: Important: libxml2 security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 16, 2025
Added
Jul 14, 2025
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to sensitive data being corrupted in memory.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-libxml2alma-upgrade-libxml2-develalma-upgrade-python3-libxml2
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