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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2014:1861-01 Important: MariaDB Update

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle has released a critical patch for mysql components addressing multiple security flaws affecting numerous platforms.
Updated mariadb packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2014-2494, CVE-2014-4207, CVE-2014-4243, CVE-2014-4258, CVE-2014-4260, CVE-2014-4287, CVE-2014-4274, CVE-2014-6463, CVE-2014-6464, CVE-2014-6469, CVE-2014-6484, CVE-2014-6505, CVE-2014-6507, CVE-2014-6520, CVE-2014-6530, CVE-2014-6551, CVE-2014-6555, CVE-2014-6559)
These updated packages upgrade MariaDB to version 5.5.40. Refer to the MariaDB Release Notes listed in the References section for a complete list of changes.
All MariaDB users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MariaDB server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2494 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4207 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4243 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4258 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4260 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4274 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4287 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6463 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6464 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6469 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6484 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6505 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6507 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6520 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6530 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6551 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6555 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6559 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2014.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2014.html https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/release-notes-mariadb-5-5-series/mariadb-5540-release-notes

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: mariadb-5.5.40-1.el7_0.src.rpm
x86_64: mariadb-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-server-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: mariadb-bench-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-devel-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-devel-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-embedded-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-embedded-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-embedded-devel-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-embedded-devel-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-test-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: mariadb-5.5.40-1.el7_0.src.rpm
x86_64: mariadb-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: mariadb-bench-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.40-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1861-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1861.html
Issue date: 2014-11-17

Topic

Updated mariadb packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1120382 - CVE-2014-2494 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to ENARC (CPU July 2014)

1120383 - CVE-2014-4207 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SROPTZR (CPU July 2014)

1120385 - CVE-2014-4243 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to ENFED (CPU July 2014)

1120387 - CVE-2014-4258 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SRINFOSC (CPU July 2014)

1120388 - CVE-2014-4260 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SRCHAR (CPU July 2014)

1126271 - CVE-2014-4274 mysql: unspecified MyISAM temporary file issue fixed in 5.5.39 and 5.6.20

1153461 - CVE-2014-4287 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:CHARACTER SETS (CPU October 2014)

1153462 - CVE-2014-6463 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:REPLICATION ROW FORMAT BINARY LOG DML (CPU October 2014)

1153463 - CVE-2014-6464 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:INNODB DML FOREIGN KEYS (CPU October 2014)

1153464 - CVE-2014-6469 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:OPTIMIZER (CPU October 2014)

1153467 - CVE-2014-6484 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:DML (CPU October 2014)

1153489 - CVE-2014-6505 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:MEMORY STORAGE ENGINE (CPU October 2014)

1153490 - CVE-2014-6507 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SERVER:DML (CPU October 2014)

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