Problem Description ===== A buffer overflow in the mysql server that leads to a remote exploit. An attacker could gain mysqld privileges (and thus gaining access to all the databases). Affected ...

Fedora Linux's developers are considering replacing MySQL with MariaDB. That, in turn, might lead to Red Hat abandoning MySQL for MariaDB. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing ...

RHEL 7, which is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2014, is based on Red Hat's community Linux, Fedora 19. For its Linux heart, however, it will be using the upstream Linux 3.10 kernel .

VA Linux Systems puts its name behind the MySQL database software, an open-source alternative to proprietary software from competitors. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland ...

In a surprise move, Red Hat has announced that version 7 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) will ship with the MariaDB database installed by default, in place of MySQL. The announcement was made at ...

Introduction to MariaDB/MySQL Content: MySQL is the most widely used database system in the open source scene. The combination of Linux as operating system, Apache as web server, MySQL as database ...

This guide will walk you through the process of installing a database, configuring the database for remote access, and then creating a database and giving ...