Percona Server 5.5.51-38.2 is now available

Percona announces the release of Percona Server 5.5.51-38.2 on September 21, 2016. Based on MySQL 5.5.51, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.5.51-38.2 is now the current stable release in the 5.5 series.

Percona Server is open-source and free. You can find release details of the release in the 5.5.51-38.2 milestone on Launchpad. Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories.

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 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.

Find the release notes for Percona Server 5.5.51-38.2 in our online documentation. Report bugs on the launchpad bug tracker.