[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: mysql-5.5.24-1.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-9308
2012-06-13 20:57:30
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Name        : mysql
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 5.5.24
Release     : 1.fc17
URL         : http://www.mysql.com
Summary     : MySQL client programs and shared libraries
Description :
MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a
client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld)
and many different client programs and libraries. The base package
contains the standard MySQL client programs and generic MySQL files.

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Update Information:

Update to MySQL 5.5.24, for various fixes described at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-24.html
including the fix for CVE-2012-2122
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun 11 2012 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 5.5.24-1
- Update to MySQL 5.5.24, for various fixes described at
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-24.html
  including the fix for CVE-2012-2122
Resolves: #830680
- Tweak logrotate script to put the right permissions on mysqld.log
- Minor specfile fixes for recent packaging guidelines changes
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #814605 - CVE-2012-2122 mysql: incorrect type cast in check_scramble() leading to authentication bypass
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814605
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update mysql' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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