Bug #17357535 BACKPORT BUG#16241992 TO 5.5
Problem: COM_CHANGE_USER allows brute-force attempts to crack a password at a very high rate as it does not cause any significant delay after a login attempt has failed. This issue was reproduced using John-The-Ripper password cracking tool through which about 5000 passwords per second could be attempted. Solution: The non-GA version's solution was to disconnect the connection when a login attempt failed. Now since our aim to to reduce the rate at which passwords are tested, we introduced a sleep(1) after every login attempt failed. This significantly increased the delay with which the password was cracked.
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