Debian Security Advisory DSA 2667-1 (mysql-5.5 - Several Vulnerabilities) Network Vulnerability

Summary

Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to a new upstream version, 5.5.31, which includes additional changes, such as performance improvements and corrections for data loss defects.

Solution

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.31+dfsg-0+wheezy1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.31+dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-5.5 packages.

Insight

MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.

Affected

mysql-5.5 on Debian Linux

Detection

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

References