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USN-1807-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

25 April 2013

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

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Details

USN-1807-1 fixed vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides
MySQL 5.5.31 for Ubuntu 13.04.

Original advisory 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 5.1.69 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 11.10.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.5.31.

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/5.1/en/news-5-1-69.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-31.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-1807-1: mysql-5.5, mysql-server-5.5, mysql-server-5.1, mysql-5.1, mysql-dfsg-5.1