ALAS-2012-141


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2012-141
Advisory Release Date: 2012-11-20 06:26 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14 17:17 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages, listed below.

1. April 2012: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.html#AppendixMSQL
2. July 2012: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html#AppendixMSQL
3. October 2012: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html#AppendixMSQL


Affected Packages:

mysql51


Issue Correction:
Run yum update mysql51 to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    mysql51-bench-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-server-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-test-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-embedded-devel-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-libs-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-devel-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-common-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-debuginfo-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686
    mysql51-embedded-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.i686

src:
    mysql51-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    mysql51-embedded-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-debuginfo-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-embedded-devel-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-common-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-bench-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-test-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-devel-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-server-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64
    mysql51-libs-5.1.66-1.56.amzn1.x86_64