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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3459-2 Critical MySQL Security Patch

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Important patches have been released for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, targeting several vulnerabilities.
Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

USN-3459-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update

provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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 5.5.58 in Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

 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-5-5-58.html

 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2017.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical MySQL Ubuntu software fix database

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.58-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3459-2

 

  CVE-2017-10268, CVE-2017-10378, CVE-2017-10379, CVE-2017-10384

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October 30, 2017

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