[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#1063234: libxml2: CVE-2024-25062

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/604
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1
Control: found -1 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libxml2.

CVE-2024-25062[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25062
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25062
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/604
[2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2b0aac140d739905c7848a42efc60bfe783a39b7
[3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/92721970884fcc13305cb8e23cdc5f0dd7667c2c

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore