mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities

12 March 2012

mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description

• mysql-5.1 - MySQL database
• mysql-dfsg-5.1 - MySQL database
• mysql-dfsg-5.0 - 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 5.1.61 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 11.10. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.0.95.

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/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-x.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10

mysql-server-5.1 - 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04

mysql-server-5.1 - 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10

mysql-server-5.1 - 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

mysql-server-5.1 - 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

mysql-server-5.0 - 5.0.95-0ubuntu1

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-2007-5925
• CVE-2008-3963
• CVE-2008-4098
• CVE-2008-4456
• CVE-2008-7247
• CVE-2009-2446
• CVE-2009-4019
• CVE-2009-4030
• CVE-2009-4484
• CVE-2010-1621
• CVE-2010-1626
• CVE-2010-1848
• CVE-2010-1849
• CVE-2010-1850
• CVE-2010-2008
• CVE-2010-3677
• CVE-2010-3678
• CVE-2010-3679
• CVE-2010-3680
• CVE-2010-3681
• CVE-2010-3682
• CVE-2010-3683
• CVE-2010-3833
• CVE-2010-3834
• CVE-2010-3835
• CVE-2010-3836
• CVE-2010-3837
• CVE-2010-3838
• CVE-2010-3839
• CVE-2010-3840
• CVE-2011-2262
• CVE-2012-0075
• CVE-2012-0087
• CVE-2012-0101
• CVE-2012-0102
• CVE-2012-0112
• CVE-2012-0113
• CVE-2012-0114
• CVE-2012-0115
• CVE-2012-0116
• CVE-2012-0117
• CVE-2012-0118
• CVE-2012-0119
• CVE-2012-0120
• CVE-2012-0484
• CVE-2012-0485
• CVE-2012-0486
• CVE-2012-0487
• CVE-2012-0488
• CVE-2012-0489
• CVE-2012-0490
• CVE-2012-0491
• CVE-2012-0492
• CVE-2012-0493
• CVE-2012-0494
• CVE-2012-0495
• CVE-2012-0496