Security Onion: Latest MySQL packages may impact ELSA databases

Friday, January 20, 2017

Ubuntu released new MySQL packages yesterday:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3174-1/

These packages contain some changes which may impact ELSA databases. It is recommended to not install these updates until we can confirm the extent of the changes and any workarounds necessary.

Updates will be posted here as they become available.

UPDATE 2017/01/20 5:00 PM Eastern:
A preliminary ELSA package update has been submitted for testing:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/security-onion-testing/xHmKLB8kNJg/discussion

UPDATE 2017/01/21 6:09 PM Eastern:
Adding a link to Issue 1065 for tracking:
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1065

UPDATE 2017/01/23 6:13 AM Eastern:
Published updated ELSA package:
http://blog.securityonion.net/2017/01/securityonion-elsa-extras-20151011.html

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