[USN-3078-1] MySQL vulnerability

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 27
CVEs 1

MySQL could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Dawid Golunski discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled configuration
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code with root privileges.

MySQL has been updated to 5.5.52 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.15.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-51.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-52.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-14.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-15.html

Package Affected Version
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite-5.7?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite-5.5?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-source-5.7?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-source-5.5?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-core-5.7?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-core-5.5?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-5.7?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-5.5?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-common?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-common?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-core-5.7?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-core-5.5?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-5.7?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-5.5?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqld-pic?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqld-dev?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqld-dev?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient20?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient18?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient-dev?distro=xenial < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient-dev?distro=trusty < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-testsuite < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-testsuite < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite-5.7?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-testsuite-5.7 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-testsuite-5.5?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-testsuite-5.5 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-source-5.7?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-source-5.7 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-source-5.5?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-source-5.5 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-server < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-server < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-core-5.7?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-server-core-5.7 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-core-5.5?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-server-core-5.5 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-5.7?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-server-5.7 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-server-5.5?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-server-5.5 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-common?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-common < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-common?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-common < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-client < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-client < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-core-5.7?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-client-core-5.7 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-core-5.5?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-client-core-5.5 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-5.7?distro=xenial ubuntu mysql-client-5.7 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/mysql-client-5.5?distro=trusty ubuntu mysql-client-5.5 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqld-pic?distro=trusty ubuntu libmysqld-pic < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqld-dev?distro=xenial ubuntu libmysqld-dev < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqld-dev?distro=trusty ubuntu libmysqld-dev < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient20?distro=xenial ubuntu libmysqlclient20 < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient18?distro=trusty ubuntu libmysqlclient18 < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient-dev?distro=xenial ubuntu libmysqlclient-dev < 5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmysqlclient-dev?distro=trusty ubuntu libmysqlclient-dev < 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 trusty
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# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
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