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[USN-2384-1] MySQL vulnerabilities

Posted on 15 October 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2384-1
October 15, 2014

mysql-5.5 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:
- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update include=
s
a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated =
to
5.5.40.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-39.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-40.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html=


Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
mysql-server-5.5 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
mysql-server-5.5 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2384-1
CVE-2012-5615, CVE-2014-4274, CVE-2014-4287, CVE-2014-6463,
CVE-2014-6464, CVE-2014-6469, CVE-2014-6478, CVE-2014-6484,
CVE-2014-6491, CVE-2014-6494, CVE-2014-6495, CVE-2014-6496,
CVE-2014-6500, CVE-2014-6505, CVE-2014-6507, CVE-2014-6520,
CVE-2014-6530, CVE-2014-6551, CVE-2014-6555, CVE-2014-6559

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

 

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