Percona Server 5.6.32-78.1 is now available

Percona announces the release of Percona Server 5.6.32-78.1 on September 21st, 2016. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or the Percona Software Repositories.

Based on MySQL 5.6.32, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.6.32-78.1 is the current GA release in the Percona Server 5.6 series. Percona Server is open-source and free – this is the latest release of our enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL. Complete details of this release are available in the 5.6.32-78.1 milestone on 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 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.

Release notes for Percona Server 5.6.32-78.1 are available in the online documentation. Please report any bugs on the launchpad bug tracker.