Recently, I noticed a second AWS RDS MySQL 5.7 version available 5.7.44-rds.20240408. Curious what this was as 5.7.44 is the only RDS 5.7.x EOL version available, I launched an instance to discount this as errant metadata.
Today I noticed a second version 5.7.44-rds.20240529. I do not run a MySQL 5.7 AWS RDS instance or pay the AWS Extended Support tax, so I would not receive any notices or recommendations that customers may be receiving.
Image generated by ChatGPT. Mistakes left as a reminder genAI is not there yet for text.I needed to do some searching before I found a reference here and then this announcement that mentions 5.7.44-RDS.20240408 as a vulnerability fix. This document does not mention the second version however, based on the dates, this was 18 days ago? There is also no whats-new announcement of this second version. With more searching I also came across Extended Support Version Standards which is not linked from the extended support page that describes this new format.
Are AWS customers being informed they need to continue with a minor version upgrade cadence as you would normally perform? Is it now more important because only more severe vulnerabilities will get backported? The CVE-2024-20963 does only mention MySQL 8.0 and above, but as Oracle has officially marked 5.7 as EOL. This does align with the AWS Extended Support commitment to keep MySQL 5.7.
If you are a customer that has auto-minor upgrades enabled for MySQL 5.7 be aware of the risks from auto upgrades with managed database services.
If you are running AWS RDS PostgreSQL 11 (11.22), the same need applies. There are also version updates. These
Postgres docs also show extension fixes for 20240529 but no mention of a vulnerability. This may be the trigger for the same named RDS MySQL version and there are no actual modifications?
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Current AWS RDS MySQL versions
$ aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine mysql
{
"DBEngineVersions": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql5.7",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "5.7.44",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 5.7.44",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 5.7.44-rds.20240408",
"EngineVersion": "5.7.44-rds.20240408"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 5.7.44-rds.20240529",
"EngineVersion": "5.7.44-rds.20240529"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.28",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.28"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.32",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.32"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.33",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.33"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.34",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.34"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql5.7",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "5.7.44-rds.20240408",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 5.7.44-rds.20240408",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 5.7.44-rds.20240529",
"EngineVersion": "5.7.44-rds.20240529"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.28",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.28"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.32",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.32"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.33",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.33"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.34",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.34"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql5.7",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "5.7.44-rds.20240529",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 5.7.44-rds.20240529",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.28",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.28"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.32",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.32"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.33",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.33"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.34",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.34"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": true,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql8.0",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "8.0.32",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 8.0.32",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.33",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.33"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.34",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.34"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": true,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql8.0",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "8.0.33",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 8.0.33",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.34",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.34"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": true,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql8.0",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "8.0.34",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 8.0.34",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": true,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35"
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql8.0",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "8.0.35",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 8.0.35",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": [
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"IsMajorVersionUpgrade": false,
"AutoUpgrade": false,
"Description": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36"
}
]
},
{
"Engine": "mysql",
"Status": "available",
"DBParameterGroupFamily": "mysql8.0",
"SupportsLogExportsToCloudwatchLogs": true,
"SupportsReadReplica": true,
"DBEngineDescription": "MySQL Community Edition",
"SupportedFeatureNames": [],
"SupportsGlobalDatabases": false,
"SupportsParallelQuery": false,
"EngineVersion": "8.0.36",
"DBEngineVersionDescription": "MySQL 8.0.36",
"ExportableLogTypes": [
"audit",
"error",
"general",
"slowquery"
],
"ValidUpgradeTarget": []
}
]
}