1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4070-1

USN-4070-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 July 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Releases

Packages

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, and Ubuntu 19.04 have been updated to
MySQL 5.7.27.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new
features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-27.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

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, and Ubuntu 19.04 have been updated to
MySQL 5.7.27.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new
features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-27.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.04 disco mysql-server-5.7 –  5.7.27-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.04 bionic mysql-server-5.7 –  5.7.27-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial mysql-server-5.7 –  5.7.27-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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