Ubuntu Security Update USN-4195-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

LinuxBot · Nov 18, 2019

mysql-5.7, mysql-8.0 vulnerabilities

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

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description

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 8.0.18 in Ubuntu 19.10. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 19.04 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.28.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-28.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-18.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2019.html

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10
mysql-server-8.0 - 8.0.18-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 19.04
mysql-server-5.7 - 5.7.28-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
mysql-server-5.7 - 5.7.28-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
mysql-server-5.7 - 5.7.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

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

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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