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<h1>Security update for libxml2</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:4116-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-11-17T07:26:18Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247850">bsc#1247850</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249076">bsc#1249076</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8732.html">CVE-2025-8732</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9714.html">CVE-2025-9714</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-8732</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-8732</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-8732</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">1.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-8732</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-9714</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-9714</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-9714</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-9714</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-9714: Fixed inifinite recursion at exsltDynMapFunction function in libexslt/dynamic.c (bsc#1249076)</li>
<li>CVE-2025-8732: Fixed infinite recursion in catalog parsing functions when processing malformed SGML catalog files (bsc#1247850)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4116=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4116=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4116=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4116=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4116=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python311-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-devel-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>libxml2-doc-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
<ul>
<li>libxml2-2-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-devel-64bit-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
<li>python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.50.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8732.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8732.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9714.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9714.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247850">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247850</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249076">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249076</a>
</li>
</ul>
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