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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-2954-1 Critical: MySQL Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey April 25, 2016
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A range of vulnerabilities affecting MySQL were resolved in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS through updates to version 5.7.12.
Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.7: 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 5.7.12 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

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/5.7/en/news-5-7-12.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2016v3.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical fix security patch MySQL security database software Ubuntu 16.04

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.12-0ubuntu1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2954-1

CVE-2016-0639, CVE-2016-0642, CVE-2016-0643, CVE-2016-0647,

CVE-2016-0648, CVE-2016-0655, CVE-2016-0657, CVE-2016-0659,

CVE-2016-0662, CVE-2016-0666, CVE-2016-0667, CVE-2016-2047

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April 25, 2016

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical fix security patch MySQL security database software Ubuntu 16.04

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.12-0ubuntu1

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