USN-3725-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description

• mysql-5.7 - MySQL database
• mysql-5.5 - 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 5.5.61 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.23.

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-5-5-61.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-23.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

mysql-server-5.7 - 5.7.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

mysql-server-5.7 - 5.7.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

mysql-server-5.5 - 5.5.61-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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-2018-2767
• CVE-2018-3054
• CVE-2018-3056
• CVE-2018-3058
• CVE-2018-3060
• CVE-2018-3061
• CVE-2018-3062
• CVE-2018-3063
• CVE-2018-3064
• CVE-2018-3065
• CVE-2018-3066
• CVE-2018-3070
• CVE-2018-3071
• CVE-2018-3077
• CVE-2018-3081

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2mWofBa