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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-1601-01 Important: MySQL SQL Issue Update

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Keep updated on critical security patches for rh-mysql56-mysql within Red Hat Software Collections.
An update for rh-mysql56-mysql is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

Solution

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.

Summary

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: rh-mysql56-mysql (5.6.32).
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 page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-3459, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3486, CVE-2016-3501, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3614, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5439, CVE-2016-5440)

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Topics Covered

security advisory important database issue MySQL update Red Hat Software Collections SQL threat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3459 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3477 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3486 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3501 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3521 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3614 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3615 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5439 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5440 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2016.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-31.html

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.32-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1601-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1601.html
Issue date: 2016-08-11

Topic

An update for rh-mysql56-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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory important database issue MySQL update Red Hat Software Collections SQL threat

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

1358202 - CVE-2016-3459 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: InnoDB (CPU July 2016)

1358205 - CVE-2016-3477 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Parser (CPU July 2016)

1358206 - CVE-2016-3486 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: FTS (CPU July 2016)

1358207 - CVE-2016-3501 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Optimizer (CPU July 2016)

1358209 - CVE-2016-3521 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Types (CPU July 2016)

1358211 - CVE-2016-3614 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Security: Encryption (CPU July 2016)

1358212 - CVE-2016-3615 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: DML (CPU July 2016)

1358216 - CVE-2016-5439 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Privileges (CPU July 2016)

1358218 - CVE-2016-5440 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: RBR (CPU July 2016)

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