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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0172
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0172)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0172 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0172 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before
2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and
XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to
an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free. (CVE-2024-25062)

Affected Software/OS:
'libxml2' package(s) on Mageia 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-25062
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
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