SB20250711171 - openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for libxml2

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49794)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlSchematronGetNode() function when processing XPath expressions in Schematron schema elements schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Not qualyfied (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49795)

This issue does not qualify for vulnerability definition as it is present in the dev code that was never released outside of the dev tree. 

The original description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the xmlSchematronFormatReport() function when processing incorrect XPath expressions in Schematron schema reports. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49796)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the xmlSchematronFormatReport() function when processing sch:name elements in schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and crash the application. 

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1769