Ubuntu 16.10: MySQL Critical Security Updates Addressed in USN-3174-1

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January 19, 2017

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.7: 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 5.5.54 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.17.

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-5-7-17.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2017.html

Topics Covered

security advisory software update MySQL Ubuntu severe threat database issues

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.54-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.54-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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