DSA-2985-1 mysql-5.5 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2985-1 mysql-5.5 -- security update

Date Reported:

22 Jul 2014

Affected Packages:

mysql-5.5

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 754941.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-2494, CVE-2014-4207, CVE-2014-4258, CVE-2014-4260.

More information:

Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to the new upstream version 5.5.38. Please see the MySQL 5.5 Release Notes and Oracle's Critical Patch Update advisory for further details:

• 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

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.38-0+wheezy1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-5.5 packages.