Audit Linux privileges now to limit compromise, escalation, and system-wide damage. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 418
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 418

Ubuntu 3867-1 Major Security Fixes for MySQL 5.7 Databases

ubuntu
Calendar Grey January 23, 2019
Scroller Ubuntu
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-3868-1 offers essential details regarding PostgreSQL vulnerabilities and the necessary steps for updating.
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

a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10 have been updated to

MySQL 5.7.25.

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-5-7-25.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2019.html

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update MySQL ubuntu database

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.25-0ubuntu0.18.10.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.25-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3867-1

CVE-2019-2420, CVE-2019-2434, CVE-2019-2455, CVE-2019-2481,

CVE-2019-2482, CVE-2019-2486, CVE-2019-2503, CVE-2019-2507,

CVE-2019-2510, CVE-2019-2528, CVE-2019-2529, CVE-2019-2531,

CVE-2019-2532, CVE-2019-2534, CVE-2019-2537

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

January 23, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update MySQL ubuntu database

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.25-0ubuntu0.18.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.25-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.