USN-2954-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2954-1

25th April, 2016

mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software description

• mysql-5.7 - 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 5.7.12 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

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-5-7-12.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

CVE-2016-0639, CVE-2016-0642, CVE-2016-0643, CVE-2016-0647, CVE-2016-0648, CVE-2016-0655, CVE-2016-0657, CVE-2016-0659, CVE-2016-0662, CVE-2016-0666, CVE-2016-0667, CVE-2016-2047