RHSA-2023:7544MediumCVSS 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Published
November 28, 2023
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-39615 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-39615 — libxml2: crafted xml can cause global buffer overflow

🎯 Affected products47

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

🔗 References (4)