Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU86052
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25062
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in xmlValidatePopElement when using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML document to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected package libxml2 to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.5
Python 3 Module: 15-SP5
Basesystem Module: 15-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5
openSUSE Leap: 15.5
libxml2-2-64bit: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-devel-64bit: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-doc: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-2-32bit: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-devel-32bit: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-2: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-tools-debuginfo: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
python3-libxml2: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-tools: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
python3-libxml2-debuginfo: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-2-debuginfo: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-python-debugsource: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
python311-libxml2: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
python311-libxml2-debuginfo: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-devel: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
libxml2-debugsource: before 2.10.3-150500.5.14.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240555-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.