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Diffstat (limited to 'sql/sql_connect.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | sql/sql_connect.cc | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sql/sql_connect.cc b/sql/sql_connect.cc index 88023bb8e71..67d52b26900 100644 --- a/sql/sql_connect.cc +++ b/sql/sql_connect.cc @@ -474,6 +474,12 @@ check_user(THD *thd, enum enum_server_command command, } } my_ok(thd); + /* + Allow the network layer to skip big packets. Although a malicious + authenticated session might use this to trick the server to read + big packets indefinitely, this is a previously established behavior + that needs to be preserved as to not break backwards compatibility. + */ thd->net.net_skip_rest_factor= 2; // skip at most 2*max_packet_size thd->password= test(passwd_len); // remember for error messages /* Ready to handle queries */ |