1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5022-2

USN-5022-2: MariaDB vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 August 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in MariaDB.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-5022-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the
corresponding fixes for CVE-2021-2372 and CVE-2021-2389 in MariaDB 10.3 and
10.5.

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

Please see the following for more information:
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10331-changelog/
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10512-changelog/

Original advisory details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 8.0.26 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.35.

In addition to...

USN-5022-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the
corresponding fixes for CVE-2021-2372 and CVE-2021-2389 in MariaDB 10.3 and
10.5.

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

Please see the following for more information:
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10331-changelog/
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10512-changelog/

Original advisory details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 8.0.26 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.35.

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

Please see the following for more information:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-35.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-26.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart MariaDB to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
21.04 hirsute mariadb-server –  1:10.5.12-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
20.04 focal mariadb-server –  1:10.3.31-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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