USN-3537-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3537-2

25th January, 2018

mysql-5.5 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software description

• mysql-5.5 - MySQL database

Details

USN-3537-1 fixed vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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 12.04 ESM LTS.

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/2EH5595

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

mysql-server-5.5 5.5.59-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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-2018-2622, CVE-2018-2640, CVE-2018-2665, CVE-2018-2668

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2Bsp4Gs