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Ubuntu 15.10: USN-2781-1 Critical: MySQL Security Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.6: MySQL database

- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes

new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 5.5.46 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 15.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.6.27.

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/5.6/en/news-5-6-27.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2015.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue mysql software fix update instructions ubuntu database security

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  mysql-server-5.6                5.6.27-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  mysql-server-5.6                5.6.27-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.46-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2781-1

CVE-2015-4730, CVE-2015-4766, CVE-2015-4792, CVE-2015-4800,

CVE-2015-4802, CVE-2015-4815, CVE-2015-4816, CVE-2015-4819,

CVE-2015-4826, CVE-2015-4830, CVE-2015-4833, CVE-2015-4836,

CVE-2015-4858, CVE-2015-4861, CVE-2015-4862, CVE-2015-4864,

CVE-2015-4866, CVE-2015-4870, CVE-2015-4879, CVE-2015-4890,

CVE-2015-4895, CVE-2015-4904, CVE-2015-4910, CVE-2015-4913

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue mysql software fix update instructions ubuntu database security

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/5.6.27-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/5.6.27-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.46-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

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