QID 198368

Date Published: 2021-05-26

QID 198368: Ubuntu Security Notification for MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-4952-1)

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.
Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server.
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Ubuntu advisory: USN-4952-1 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    USN-4952-1 Ubuntu Linux URL Logo usn.ubuntu.com/4952-1