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Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3269-1 Critical: MySQL Security Issues

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security vulnerabilities in MySQL have been resolved in Ubuntu updates spanning versions 14.04 to 17.04. Make sure your systems are fortified!
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 5.5.55 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,

Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.18.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes,

new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-18.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2017.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory MySQL Ubuntu Critical Update Database

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.18-0ubuntu0.17.04.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.55-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3269-1

CVE-2017-3302, CVE-2017-3305, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309,

CVE-2017-3329, CVE-2017-3331, CVE-2017-3450, CVE-2017-3453,

CVE-2017-3454, CVE-2017-3455, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3457,

CVE-2017-3458, CVE-2017-3459, CVE-2017-3460, CVE-2017-3461,

CVE-2017-3462, CVE-2017-3463, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3465,

CVE-2017-3467, CVE-2017-3468, CVE-2017-3599, CVE-2017-3600

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April 27, 2017

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Topics Covered

security advisory MySQL Ubuntu Critical Update Database

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.18-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.55-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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