[USN-1427-1] MySQL vulnerabilities

Marc Deslauriers marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Tue Apr 24 12:35:06 UTC 2012


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1427-1
April 24, 2012

mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:
- mysql-5.1: MySQL database
- mysql-dfsg-5.1: MySQL database
- mysql-dfsg-5.0: 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 5.1.62 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.04 and
Ubuntu 11.10. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.0.96.

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/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-62.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-96.html

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  mysql-server-5.1                5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  mysql-server-5.1                5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.1                5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.0                5.0.96-0ubuntu1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1427-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/965523

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.1/5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.1/5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.0/5.0.96-0ubuntu1


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