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openSUSE 16.0 mariadb-connector-c Important Bug Fix CVE-2026-44172

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2026
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An important update for openSUSE Leap 16.0 addresses CVE-2026-44172 in mariadb-connector-c with a bug fix.
openSUSE has released a security update for mariadb-connector-c addressing CVE-2026-44172 and includes bug fixes

Description

This update for mariadb-connector-c fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-44172: mysql_real_escape_string() incorrectly handled big5 (bsc#1266438).

Changes for mariadb-connector-c:

- Update to release 3.4.9.

- Update to release 3.4.8:

* Fix compilation with GCC 15

* CONC-762: always set is_null and length in the bind

structure to avoid msan errors

* CONC-763: add MySQL collation ID 309 (utf8mb4_0900_bin)

* CONC-764: fix build of ma_context.c on Android (X18 is a

platform-reserved register)

* CONC-766: disable clang -Wcast-function-type-strict for

makecontext

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1319=1

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Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libmariadb-devel-3.4.9-160000.1.1

libmariadb3-3.4.9-160000.1.1

libmariadb_plugins-3.4.9-160000.1.1

libmariadbprivate-3.4.9-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1266438

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44172.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21409-1
Rating: important

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