In this case MySQL/MariaDB would think that the password is correct, even while it is not. Because the protocol uses random strings, the probability of hitting this bug is about 1/256." ...

In each case, MySQL was being used for large high volume, distributed workloads that have been increasingly thought of as the province of NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB and Cassandra.

In each case, MySQL was being used for large high volume, distributed workloads that have been increasingly thought of as the province of NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB and Cassandra.