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MySQL Connector/ODBC Release Notes  /  Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC Version 5.3  /  Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.3.4 (2014-07-18, General Availability)

Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.3.4 (2014-07-18, General Availability)

Security Notes

  • The linked OpenSSL library for Connector/ODBC Commercial 5.3.4 has been updated from version 1.0.1g to version 1.0.1h. Versions of OpenSSL prior to and including 1.0.1g are reported to be vulnerable to CVE-2014-0224.

    This change does not affect the Oracle-produced MySQL Community build of Connector/ODBC 5.3.4, which uses the yaSSL library instead.

Functionality Added or Changed

  • Added NULL handle checks in functions exported by Connector/ODBC. (WL #7807)

  • Introduced a new DSN configuration option, rsakey, for specifying the full-path name of the PEM file that contains the RSA public key for using the SHA256 authentication plugin of MySQL. See Connector/ODBC DSN Configuration Options for details. (WL #7911)