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title: "CVE-2014-6505\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6505

Publication date 15 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.38 and earlier, and
5.6.19 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect
availability via vectors related to SERVER:MEMORY STORAGE ENGINE.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6505?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mysql-5.5 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| mysql-5.6 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.6.27-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| mysql-dfsg-5.1 | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

no indication that 5.1 is vulnerable, and no details, so
marking as not-affected for now.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6505)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6505)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6505)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6505)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2384-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2384-1)
+ MySQL vulnerabilities
+ 15 October 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6505>