USN-7479-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-7479-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
5 May 2025

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Releases

• Ubuntu 25.04
• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 ESM

Packages

• mysql-8.0 - MySQL database
• mysql-8.4 - MySQL database

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 8.0.42 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. Ubuntu 25.04 has been updated to MySQL
8.4.5.

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/8.0/en/news-8-0-42.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.4/en/news-8-4-5.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2025.html

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

Ubuntu 25.04

• mysql-server - 8.4.5-0ubuntu0.1
  Ubuntu 24.10
• mysql-server-8.0 - 8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
  Ubuntu 24.04
• mysql-server-8.0 - 8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  Ubuntu 22.04
• mysql-server-8.0 - 8.0.42-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  Ubuntu 20.04
• mysql-server-8.0 - 8.0.42-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.