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For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be
restarted automatically.
MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of
the MySQL server daemon, mysqld, and many client programs.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
mysql55-mysql (5.5.50).
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server.
Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch
Update Advisory pages, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-4792,
CVE-2015-4802, CVE-2015-4815, CVE-2015-4826, CVE-2015-4830, CVE-2015-4836,
CVE-2015-4858, CVE-2015-4861, CVE-2015-4870, CVE-2015-4913, CVE-2016-0505,
CVE-2016-0546, CVE-2016-0596, CVE-2016-0597, CVE-2016-0598, CVE-2016-0600,
CVE-2016-0606, CVE-2016-0608, CVE-2016-0609, CVE-2016-0616, CVE-2016-0640,
CVE-2016-0641, CVE-2016-0642, CVE-2016-0643, CVE-2016-0644, CVE-2016-0646,
CVE-2016-0647, CVE-2016-0648, CVE-2016-0649, CVE-2016-0650, CVE-2016-0651,
CVE-2016-0666, CVE-2016-2047, CVE-2016-3452, CVE-2016-3471, CVE-2016-3477,
CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5440, CVE-2016-5444)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4792 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4802 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4815 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4826 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4830 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4836 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4858 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4861 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4870 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4913 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0505 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0546 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0596 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0597 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0598 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0600 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0606 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0608 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0609 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0616 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0640 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0641 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0642 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0643 Read the Full Advisory
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
mysql55-mysql-5.5.50-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
mysql55-mysql-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-bench-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-devel-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-libs-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-server-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-test-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
mysql55-mysql-5.5.50-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
mysql55-mysql-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-bench-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-devel-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-libs-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-server-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-test-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source:
mysql55-mysql-5.5.50-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
mysql55-mysql-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-bench-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-devel-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-libs-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-server-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
mysql55-mysql-test-5.5.50-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Read the Full Advisory
An update for mysql55-mysql is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
1274752 - CVE-2015-4792 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Partition (CPU October 2015)
1274756 - CVE-2015-4802 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Partition (CPU October 2015)
1274759 - CVE-2015-4815 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:DDL (CPU October 2015)
1274766 - CVE-2015-4826 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Types (CPU October 2015)
1274767 - CVE-2015-4830 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Security:Privileges (CPU October 2015)
1274771 - CVE-2015-4836 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:SP (CPU October 2015)
1274773 - CVE-2015-4858 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:DML (CPU October 2015)
1274776 - CVE-2015-4861 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:InnoDB (CPU October 2015)
1274781 - CVE-2015-4870 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:Parser (CPU October 2015)
1274794 - CVE-2015-4913 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server:DML (CPU October 2015)
1301492 - CVE-2016-0505 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Options (CPU January 2016)
1301493 - CVE-2016-0546 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Client (CPU January 2016)
1301496 - CVE-2016-0596 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: DML (CPU January 2016)
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