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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5696-1: Critical MySQL Security Issues Resolved

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL have been addressed for Ubuntu versions 22.04, 20.04, and 18.04 LTS, bolstering overall system reliability.
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 8.0.31 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.40.

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-5-7-40.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-31.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software patch mysql system update ubuntu database

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   mysql-server-8.0                8.0.31-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   mysql-server-8.0                8.0.31-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   mysql-server-5.7                5.7.40-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

CVE-2022-21589, CVE-2022-21592, CVE-2022-21594, CVE-2022-21599,

CVE-2022-21604, CVE-2022-21608, CVE-2022-21611, CVE-2022-21617,

CVE-2022-21625, CVE-2022-21632, CVE-2022-21633, CVE-2022-21637,

CVE-2022-21640, CVE-2022-39400, CVE-2022-39408, CVE-2022-39410

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October 24, 2022

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security advisory critical software patch mysql system update ubuntu database

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.31-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-8.0/8.0.31-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.40-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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