[slackware-security] mysql

New mysql packages are available for Slackware 14.0 to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/mysql-5.5.43-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-2568
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-2573
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-0433
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-0441
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-0501
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-2571
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-0505
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-0499
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mysql-5.5.43-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mysql-5.5.43-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.0 package:
758c941ee676f5a5ad0fb89c7f158ff7 mysql-5.5.43-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
8ac068f9d30a39bf245061fa15d98d82 mysql-5.5.43-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg mysql-5.5.43-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Then, restart the database server:
> sh /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld restart