USN-3537-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3537-1
22nd January, 2018
mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.
Software description
- mysql-5.5 - MySQL database
- mysql-5.7 - MySQL database
Details
Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.
MySQL has been updated to 5.5.59 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
and Ubuntu 17.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.21.
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://ift.tt/2DBONSc
http://ift.tt/2F5yCK1
http://ift.tt/2EH5595
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
- mysql-server-5.7 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- mysql-server-5.7 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- mysql-server-5.5 5.5.59-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2018-2562, CVE-2018-2565, CVE-2018-2573, CVE-2018-2576, CVE-2018-2583, CVE-2018-2586, CVE-2018-2590, CVE-2018-2600, CVE-2018-2612, CVE-2018-2622, CVE-2018-2640, CVE-2018-2645, CVE-2018-2646, CVE-2018-2647, CVE-2018-2665, CVE-2018-2667, CVE-2018-2668, CVE-2018-2696, CVE-2018-2703
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