Ubuntu 19.04 USN-3957-1 Critical: MySQL Security Updates Released

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April 29, 2019

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, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04 have

been updated to MySQL 5.7.26.

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-5-7-26.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2019.html

Topics Covered

security advisory update MySQL Ubuntu issue fix database

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.26-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.26-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.26-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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