USN-3957-2: MariaDB vulnerabilities
MariaDB vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in MariaDB.
Software Description
- mariadb-5.5 – MariaDB database
Details
USN-3957-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update addresses some
of them in MariaDB 5.5.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been updated to MariaDB 5.5.64.
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://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-5564-changelog/
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-5564-release-notes/
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- mariadb-server – 5.5.64-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References
Source: USN-3957-2: MariaDB vulnerabilities
