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Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.14-8 (2016-09-21)

Percona is glad to announce the GA (Generally Available) release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.14-8 on September 21st, 2016 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories).

Based on MySQL 5.7.14, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.14-8 is the current GA release in the Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 series. All of Percona’s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can be found in the 5.7.14-8 milestone at Launchpad

Bugs Fixed

Limiting ld_preload libraries to be loaded from specific directories in mysqld_safe didn’t work correctly for relative paths. Bug fixed #1624247.

Fixed a possible privilege escalation that could be used when running REPAIR TABLE on a MyISAM table. Bug fixed #1624397.

The general query log and slow query log cannot be written to files ending in .ini and .cnf anymore. Bug fixed #1624400.

Implemented restrictions on symlinked files (error_log, pid_file) that can’t be used with mysqld_safe. Bug fixed #1624449.

Other bugs fixed: #1553938.


Last update: 2022-09-27