Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.53-0+deb8u1.

Solution is apt-get update&&apt-get -y upgrade

The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to the new upstream version 5.5.53, which includes additional changes, such as performance improvements, bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the MySQL 5.5 Release Notes and Oracle's Critical Patch Update advisory for further details:

• https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-53.html(external link)
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html(external link)

Fixes (Bug #24679907, Bug #24695274, Bug #24707666) Note that the Oracle Bug Database is not publicly accessible