RHSA-2014:0536 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated mysql55-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-2014-2436,
CVE-2014-2440, CVE-2014-0384, CVE-2014-2419, CVE-2014-2430, CVE-2014-2431,
CVE-2014-2432, CVE-2014-2438)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.5.37. Refer to the MySQL
Release Notes listed in the References section for a complete 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1088133 - CVE-2014-0384 mysql: unspecified DoS related to XML (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088134 - CVE-2014-2419 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Partition (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088143 - CVE-2014-2430 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Performance Schema (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088146 - CVE-2014-2431 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Options (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088179 - CVE-2014-2432 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Federated (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088190 - CVE-2014-2436 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to RBR (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088191 - CVE-2014-2438 mysql: unspecified DoS related to Replication (CPU April 2014)
• BZ - 1088197 - CVE-2014-2440 mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Client (CPU April 2014)

CVEs

• CVE-2014-0384
• CVE-2014-2432
• CVE-2014-2431
• CVE-2014-2430
• CVE-2014-2436
• CVE-2014-2438
• CVE-2014-2419

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html#AppendixMSQL
• https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-37.html