Bug #63926 Bug 61222 still exists in 5.1.59 (bad handshake due to old passwords change)
Submitted: 4 Jan 2012 23:22 Modified: 11 Jan 2012 20:02
Reporter: Michael Moody Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Security: Privileges Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.1.59, 5.5.21 OS:Linux (CentOS 5.x 64bit)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: 61222, bad handshake, old passwords

[4 Jan 2012 23:22] Michael Moody 
Description:
The bug reported in 61222 still exists in 5.1.59 and above, despite the changelog reporting resolution in 5.1.58. A downgrade to 5.1.56 was necessary to allow our clients to continue to connect.

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=61222

Symptoms are identical, however, 61222 is marked as closed.

Michael

How to repeat:
Upgrade to 5.1.57 or above from 5.1.56. Old clients no longer connect, and report Bad Handshake.
[11 Jan 2012 20:02] Sveta Smirnova 
Thank you for the report.

I can not repeat this problem with version 5.1.60, so if you are on 5.1, please upgrade again and don't forget about --old-passwords option.

But 5.5.21 crashes for me, so setting this to report "Verified"