Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-1467-1 Critical: MySQL Remote Access Issue

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June 11, 2012

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

- mysql-5.1: MySQL database

- mysql-dfsg-5.1: MySQL database

- mysql-dfsg-5.0: MySQL database

Details:

It was discovered that certain builds of MySQL incorrectly handled password

authentication on certain platforms. A remote attacker could use this issue

to authenticate with an arbitrary password and establish a connection.

(CVE-2012-2122)

MySQL has been updated to 5.5.24 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS,

Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 11.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.1.63. A patch to

fix the issue was backported to the version of MySQL in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

In addition to additional security fixes, the updated packages contain bug

fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:

Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote access Ubuntu MySQL update MySQL authentication

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
  mysql-server-5.1                5.1.63-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  mysql-server-5.1                5.1.63-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.1                5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.0                5.0.96-0ubuntu3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.