Ubuntu: USN-7245-1 critical notification regarding MySQL security flaws

ubuntu

January 30, 2025

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:

- mysql-8.0: 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 8.0.41 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10.

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://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update MySQL Ubuntu

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   mysql-server-8.0                8.0.41-0ubuntu0.24.10.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   mysql-server-8.0                8.0.41-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   mysql-server-8.0                8.0.41-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   mysql-server-8.0                8.0.41-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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