1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3040-1

USN-3040-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Publication date

21 July 2016

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Releases

Packages

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 5.5.50 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Ubuntu 15.10 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.31. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been
updated to MySQL 5.7.13.

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/5.5/en/news-5-5-50.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-31.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-13.html

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 5.5.50 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Ubuntu 15.10 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.31. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been
updated to MySQL 5.7.13.

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/5.5/en/news-5-5-50.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-31.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-13.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

Update instructions

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
16.04 xenial mysql-server-5.7 –  5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
15.10 wily mysql-server-5.6 –  5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 trusty mysql-server-5.5 –  5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 precise mysql-server-5.5 –  5.5.50-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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