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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-4716-1 Critical: MySQL Security Issues

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several critical vulnerabilities addressed in the latest MySQL update for Ubuntu 20.04 and other distributions. Important details for all users.
Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-8.0: MySQL database

- mysql-5.7: 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 8.0.23 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.33.

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-5-7-33.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-23.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical MySQL mysql threat Ubuntu issue ubuntu database

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  mysql-server-8.0                8.0.23-0ubuntu0.20.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-8.0                8.0.23-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.33-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4716-1

CVE-2021-2002, CVE-2021-2010, CVE-2021-2011, CVE-2021-2014,

CVE-2021-2021, CVE-2021-2022, CVE-2021-2024, CVE-2021-2031,

CVE-2021-2032, CVE-2021-2036, CVE-2021-2038, CVE-2021-2046,

CVE-2021-2048, CVE-2021-2056, CVE-2021-2058, CVE-2021-2060,

CVE-2021-2061, CVE-2021-2065, CVE-2021-2070, CVE-2021-2072,

CVE-2021-2076, CVE-2021-2081, CVE-2021-2087, CVE-2021-2088,

CVE-2021-2122

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February 01, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical MySQL mysql threat Ubuntu issue ubuntu database

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.23-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.23-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.33-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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