Download MySQL 4.1.10a

MySQL AB has released a new version of MySQL 4.1, a popular open source SQL database, and bumped the version number to 4.1.10a. Fixed a number of potential vulnerabilities that could occur during temporary table file creation and UFD handling. The release notes therefore look like this:

Both the 4.1.10a and 4.0.24 releases include fixes for recently reported potential security vulnerabilities in the creation of temporary table file names and the handling of User Defined Functions (UDFs). We would like to thank Stefano Di Paola for finding and reporting these to us.

Note that these changes affect the way in which User Defined Functions (UDF) are loaded. Please refer to the section “User-defined Function Security Precautions” in the manual: