MySQL vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• mysql-5.7 - MySQL database

Details

USN-5123-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

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 8.0.27 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04, and
Ubuntu 21.10. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.36.

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://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-36.html&gt;
<https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-27.html&gt;
<https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html&gt;