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Ubuntu 21.04: USN-4952-1 Critical: MySQL Database Issues

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Regularly applying security patches for PostgreSQL in Debian systems is crucial for ensuring system stability and database efficiency.
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 8.0.25 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and

Ubuntu 21.04. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.34.

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-5-7-34.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-24.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-25.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical software update MySQL bug fix Ubuntu database database issues

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  mysql-server-8.0                8.0.25-0ubuntu0.21.04.1

Ubuntu 20.10:
  mysql-server-8.0                8.0.25-0ubuntu0.20.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-8.0                8.0.25-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.34-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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-4952-1

CVE-2021-2146, CVE-2021-2154, CVE-2021-2162, CVE-2021-2164,

CVE-2021-2166, CVE-2021-2169, CVE-2021-2170, CVE-2021-2171,

CVE-2021-2172, CVE-2021-2179, CVE-2021-2180, CVE-2021-2193,

CVE-2021-2194, CVE-2021-2196, CVE-2021-2201, CVE-2021-2203,

CVE-2021-2208, CVE-2021-2212, CVE-2021-2215, CVE-2021-2217,

CVE-2021-2226, CVE-2021-2230, CVE-2021-2232, CVE-2021-2278,

CVE-2021-2293, CVE-2021-2298, CVE-2021-2299, CVE-2021-2300,

CVE-2021-2301, CVE-2021-2304, CVE-2021-2305, CVE-2021-2307,

CVE-2021-2308

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May 12, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical software update MySQL bug fix Ubuntu database database issues

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.25-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.25-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.25-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.34-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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