[debian-mysql] Bug#698068: mysql-server-5.5: Serious regression in replication caused by fix for CVE-2012-4414

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:26:27AM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 11:53 -0800, Clint Byrum wrote:
> > According to this blog post by Stewart Smith:
> > 
> > http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2013/01/13/cve-2012-4414-in-mysql-5-5-29-and-percona-server-5-5-29/
> > 
> > It looks like 5.5.29 has a serious problem with replication.
> 
> Is there any news on a fix for that? It unfortunately means the other RC
> fixes from 5.5.29 are stuck in unstable. :-(

Personally I don't think a bug in some replication scenarios is more
severe than migrating the security fixes...

But I leave that to the MySQL maintainers.

Cheers,
        Moritz