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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3040-1
July 21, 2016

mysql-5.5, mysql-5.6, mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:
- mysql-5.7: MySQL database
- mysql-5.6: MySQL database
- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update include
s
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 5.5.50 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
.
Ubuntu 15.10 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.31. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been
updated to MySQL 5.7.13.

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/5.5/en/news-5-5-50.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-31.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-13.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.ht
ml

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.7                5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 15.10:
  mysql-server-5.6                5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.50-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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


References:
  https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3040-1
  CVE-2016-3424, CVE-2016-3459, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3486,
  CVE-2016-3501, CVE-2016-3518, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3588,
  CVE-2016-3614, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5436, CVE-2016-5437,
  CVE-2016-5439, CVE-2016-5440, CVE-2016-5441, CVE-2016-5442,
  CVE-2016-5443

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/5.6.31-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.50-0ubuntu0.12.04.1