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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3799-2 Critical MySQL Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 29, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in MySQL patched for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, reinforcing system reliability and integrity post updates.
Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

USN-3799-1 fixed a vulnerability 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 5.5.62 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:

  https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2018.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue database security MySQL fix Ubuntu 12.04

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.62-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3799-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3799-1

  CVE-2018-3133, CVE-2018-3174, CVE-2018-3282

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October 29, 2018

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