USN-2291-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• mysql-5.5 - MySQL database

Details

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to
5.5.38.

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-5-5-38.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

• mysql-server-5.5 - 5.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• mysql-server-5.5 - 5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2014-2494
• CVE-2014-4207
• CVE-2014-4258
• CVE-2014-4260