ERROR 2027 (HY000) at line 1: Malformed packet

 Running SQL gives your Error:

  ERROR 2027 (HY000) at line 1: Malformed packet

Most likely is that your MySQL client is too old and need upgrading.

HOWTO check vesion of mysql client:
  mysql -V
  mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.32, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1

Try running the SQL from another unix box - it might work there...
Check mysql client version on that box too to see if different...
  mysql -v
  mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.25-28, for Linux (x86_64) using  6.0

Yes it was different
First host gave ERROR 2027, second host did not.