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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2384-1 Critical: MySQL Update for Security Issues

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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

5.5.40.

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-5-5-39.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2014.html

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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                5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2384-1

CVE-2012-5615, CVE-2014-4274, CVE-2014-4287, CVE-2014-6463,

CVE-2014-6464, CVE-2014-6469, CVE-2014-6478, CVE-2014-6484,

CVE-2014-6491, CVE-2014-6494, CVE-2014-6495, CVE-2014-6496,

CVE-2014-6500, CVE-2014-6505, CVE-2014-6507, CVE-2014-6520,

CVE-2014-6530, CVE-2014-6551, CVE-2014-6555, CVE-2014-6559

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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