vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2025-49796: Important priority package update for libxml2

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 11, 2025
Added
Jul 30, 2025
Modified
Jul 30, 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

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-staticamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-libxml2amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-libxml2-debuginfo
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