Release Info

Advisory: CLSA-2025:1760020498

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 ELS

Public date: 2025-10-09 14:35:00.044468

Project: libxml2

Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7

Errata link: https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/ubuntu18.04els/CLSA-2025-1760020498.html

Changelog

* SECURITY UPDATE: uncontrolled recursion causing stack overflow via crafted XPath expressions - debian/patches/CVE-2025-9714-*.patch: Add comprehensive XPath DoS protection including operation limits, recursion depth controls, and proper handling of recursive invocations to prevent stack overflows and resource exhaustion - CVE-2025-9714

Update

Update command: apt-get update apt-get --only-upgrade install libxml2*

Packages list

libxml2_2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7_amd64.deb libxml2-dev_2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7_amd64.deb libxml2-doc_2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7_all.deb libxml2-utils_2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7_amd64.deb python-libxml2_2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7_amd64.deb python3-libxml2_2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+tuxcare.els7_amd64.deb

CVEs

CVE-2025-9714