CVE-2015-4864 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-4864?

CVE-2015-4864 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.43 and earlier and 5.6.24 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Server : Security : Privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4864?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql, Oracle Solaris, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4864?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-4864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-78fj-8qvw-m3wg, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4864.