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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3537-2
January 25, 2018

mysql-5.5 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:
- mysql-5.5: MySQL database

Details:

USN-3537-1 fixed vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 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 5.5.59 in Ubuntu 12.04 ESM LTS.

 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-5-5-59.html
 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  mysql-server-5.5                5.5.59-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References:
  https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3537-2
  https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3537-1
  CVE-2018-2562, CVE-2018-2622, CVE-2018-2640, CVE-2018-2665,
  CVE-2018-2668