Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.44-52 (2024-12-05)¶
This release is part of Percona’s MySQL 5.7 Post-End-of-Life (EOL) support program. This program provides critical updates and ensures the stability for businesses relying on MySQL 5.7 beyond its official EOL. Paying customers can access the full release, including pre-compiled binaries, through our private repository. Community members will be able to build the release from publicly available source code, which will be released on a quarterly basis.
We recommend that you upgrade to MySQL 8.0 or you can stay on 5.7; we’ll support you either way.
Release information¶
Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.44-52 builds upon the functionality and bug fixes in MySQL 5.7.44 Community Edition. It adds enterprise-grade features and security enhancements developed by Percona.
Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.44-52 contains the following fixes.
Bug fixes¶
Security fixes¶
| Bug ID(s) | Details |
|---|---|
| Bug #36492114 | Some optimizer hint combinations did not function correctly. |
| Bug #36593265 | The AES_ENCRYPT() function returned incorrect results in some cases. |
| Bug #36684463 | The internal function my_convert_internal() unexpectantly returned a pointer at times instead of the value. |
| Bug #36816986 | While dumping tablespaces, mysqldump did not properly escape certain SQL statements in its output. Additionally, the tool now encloses the following identifiers within backticks: LOGFILE GROUP, TABLESPACE, and ENGINE. |
| Bug #36377685, WL #16482 | The mysql client now has a new option, --system-command. This option controls whether the system client command is enabled or disabled. By default, it is enabled. To disable it, use --system-command=OFF or --skip-system-command. This change was made to address a security vulnerability |
| Bug #36210202 | An issue related to FTS comparisons has been resolved. |
| Bug #35507223 | This fix prevents out-of-bounds memory access that could have occurred due to an issue with the ulong bitmask. |
Non-security¶
| Bug Fix | Details |
|---|---|
| Bug #36559642 | The server would unexpectedly exit when dropping an index and creating a full-text index in the same transaction. |
| Bug #36600203 | A memory leak in the MySQL client has been fixed. |
| Bug #36871927 | The DATABASE() function now returns the correct output when used in UNION queries. The output from DATABASE() was truncated in earlier versions. |
Third-party fixes¶
The following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) records have been identified in third-party libraries::
| CVE | Details |
|---|---|
| CVE-2024-5535 | OpenSSL: Upgrade to one of the 3.0.15, 3.1.7, 3.2.3, 3.3.2 versions. For OpenSSL 1.x.x versions, check the security advisory of the respective operating systems. |
| CVE-2024-7264 | Curl: Affected versions: curl 7.32.0 to and including 8.9.0. Upgrade curl and libcurl to version 8.9.1. |
Additional resources¶
Install Percona Server for MySQL
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