RHSA-2013:0772 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important 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-2012-5614,
CVE-2013-1506, CVE-2013-1521, CVE-2013-1531, CVE-2013-1532, CVE-2013-1544,
CVE-2013-1548, CVE-2013-1552, CVE-2013-1555, CVE-2013-2375, CVE-2013-2378,
CVE-2013-2389, CVE-2013-2391, CVE-2013-2392)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.69. Refer to the MySQL
release notes listed in the References section for a full list of changes.

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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 882607 - CVE-2012-5614 mysql: COM_BINLOG_DUMP crash on invalid data
• BZ - 952861 - CVE-2013-1521 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server Locking (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952862 - CVE-2013-2378 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Information Schema (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952863 - CVE-2013-1552 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952864 - CVE-2013-1531 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server Privileges (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952866 - CVE-2013-2375 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server Privileges (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952869 - CVE-2013-1544 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Data Manipulation Language (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952871 - CVE-2013-1532 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Information Schema (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952874 - CVE-2013-2389 mysql: unspecified DoS related to InnoDB (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952875 - CVE-2013-2392 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Server Optimizer (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952876 - CVE-2013-1555 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Server Partition (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952893 - CVE-2013-1548 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Server Types (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952895 - CVE-2013-2391 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Server Install (CPU April 2013)
• BZ - 952899 - CVE-2013-1506 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Server Locking (CPU April 2013)

CVEs

• CVE-2013-2375
• CVE-2013-2389
• CVE-2013-2392
• CVE-2013-2378
• CVE-2013-1521
• CVE-2013-1532
• CVE-2013-1506
• CVE-2013-2391
• CVE-2013-1531
• CVE-2012-5614
• CVE-2013-1548
• CVE-2013-1552
• CVE-2013-1544
• CVE-2013-1555
• CVE-2013-3808

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html#AppendixMSQL
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.1/en/news-5-1-68.html
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.1/en/news-5-1-69.html