14 DAY TRIAL // Canonical published details about MySQL vulnerabilities for its Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that have been found and corrected.
According to Canonical, a number of security issues have been discovered with MySQL, and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions. The Ubuntu maintainers have been quick to push the new packages into the repositories.
"Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.43. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes," reads the security notice.
For a more detailed description of the problems, you can see Canonical's security notification. Users have been advised to upgrade their systems as soon as possible.
The flaws can be fixed if you upgrade your system to the latest mysql-server-5.5 packages specific to each distribution. To apply the patch, users will have to run the Update Manager application. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes and there is no need for a restart.
You can also update the system by using the terminal. Just open a terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade