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Bugs Fixed
Security Fix:
The PolyFromWKB() function could
crash the server when improper WKB data was passed to the
function.
(Bug #51875, Bug #11759554, CVE-2010-3840)
Security Fix: A security bug was fixed. (Bug #36544)
Security Fix: A security bug was fixed. (Bug #49124)
Two unused test files in
storage/ndb/test/sql contained incorrect
versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License. The files and
the directory containing them have been removed.
(Bug #11810224)
References: See also Bug #11810156.
On FreeBSD and OpenBSD, the server incorrectly checked the range of the system date, causing legal values to be rejected. (Bug #55755, Bug #11763089)