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USN-3269-1: MySQL vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3269-1 27th April, 2017 mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in MySQL. Software description mysql-5.5 – MySQL database mysql-5.7 – MySQL database Details Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includesnew upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.55 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.18. 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/5.5/en/news-5-5-55.htmlhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-18.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 Ubuntu 16.10: mysql-server-5.7 [ more… ]