[SECURITY] [DLA 359-1] MySQL 5.5 packages added; end of support for MySQL 5.1

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Oracle, the upstream maintainer of MySQL, no longer supports MySQL

version 5.1, which is included in Debian 6.0 "squeeze". MySQL 5.1 likely

suffers from multiple vulnerabilities fixed in newer versions after the

end of upstream support, but Oracle does not disclose enough information

either to verify or to fix them.

 

As an alternative, the Debian LTS team is providing MySQL 5.5 packages

for use in Debian 6.0 "squeeze". We recommend that Squeeze LTS users

install them and migrate their MySQL databases.

 

Please note that a dist-upgrade will not consider these MySQL 5.5

packages automatically, so users need to install them explicitly.

 

If you are running a MySQL server:

 

apt-get install mysql-server-5.5

 

If you only need the MySQL client:

 

apt-get install mysql-client-5.5

 

 

Compatibility updates

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Some packages were updated to solve incompatibility issues, that were

fixed in the following versions:

 

* bacula-director-mysql 5.0.2-2.2+squeeze2

* cacti 0.8.7g-1+squeeze9

* phpmyadmin 4:3.3.7-10

* postfix-policyd 1.82-2+deb6u1

* prelude-manager 1.0.0-1+deb6u1

 

We recommend that you upgrade these packages before upgrading to

MySQL 5.5. A common dist-upgrade should be enough.

 

 

We have done our best to provide you with reliable MySQL 5.5 packages. We

have made available test packages for some time, although we did not get

any feedback from users. In any case, don't hesitate to report any issues

related to this MySQL upgrade to debian-lts ( -at -) lists.debian.org.