USN-6823-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

11 June 2024

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

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Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 8.0.37 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04 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:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-37.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2024.html

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

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