Issued:
2012-02-13
Updated:
2012-02-13

RHSA-2012:0127 - Moderate: mysql security update

Synopsis

Moderate: mysql security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) and many client programs and libraries.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-0075, CVE-2012-0087, CVE-2012-0101, CVE-2012-0102, CVE-2012-0114, CVE-2012-0484, CVE-2012-0490)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.0.95. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes:

Content from dev.mysql.com is not included.http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • mysql-test-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-bench-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-test-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-bench-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-bench-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-test-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-test-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mysql-bench-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-bench-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mysql-devel-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-test-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information