Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2170-1 Moderate: MySQL Multiple Security Issues

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April 23, 2014

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes

a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to

5.5.37.

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-5-5-37.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2014.html

Additionally, Matthias Reichl discovered that the mysql-5.5 packages were

missing the patches applied previously in the mysql-5.1 packages to drop

the default test database and localhost permissions granting access to any

databases starting with "test_". This update reintroduces these patches for

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, and Ubuntu 13.10. Existing test databases

and permissions will not be modified on upgra...

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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