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Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

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Medium
Published: Tue Aug 12 2025 (08/12/2025, 12:25:23 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Two out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415) have been identified in the libxml2 library used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. These vulnerabilities are rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update to libxml2 addressing these issues is available from Red Hat. The vulnerabilities involve improper memory access in libxml2 and specifically in the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables function. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions are advised to apply the provided security update to remediate these issues.

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Technical Analysis

The libxml2 library, which implements various XML standards, contains two out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415. These vulnerabilities allow reading memory outside the intended bounds, potentially leading to information disclosure or application instability. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions across multiple architectures including x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64, and s390x. Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages to fix these vulnerabilities as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:13684. The vulnerabilities correspond to CWE-393 (Indicator of Memory Exposure) and CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read).

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities allow out-of-bounds memory reads in the libxml2 library, which could lead to information disclosure or application crashes. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The impact is limited to systems using affected versions of libxml2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13684 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. There is no indication that additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the vendor-provided patch.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:13684
Cve Count
2
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-32415"]
Cvss Version
null

Threat ID: 6a1f4e88e29bf47b500821af

Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:36 PM

Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:13:35 PM

Last updated: 6/3/2026, 5:06:31 AM

Views: 2

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