Details
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Bug
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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Trivial
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Resolution: Fixed
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5.5, 10.0, 10.1
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Ubuntu Xenial
Description
The configuration script invoked by `dpkg` does not do any escaping of the root password, failing the installation if certain characters are used.
Sample input (generated by `pwgen`): Hyw4Go,:ItWku*N"%|3JE#`5HzKzW{Uq
Outcome:
ERROR: 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '|3JE#`5HzKzW{Uq") WHERE user='root';' at line 1