CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3248
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
qiomkfile in the Quick I/O for Database feature in Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) on HP-UX, and before 5.0 MP3 on Solaris, Linux, and AIX, does not initialize filesystem blocks during creation of a file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by creating and then reading files.
Affected configurations
• symantec veritas file system 5.0
• symantec veritas file system unknown
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32332 secunia.com
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt www.security-objectives.com
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt www.security-objectives.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497626/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31678 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021074 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46008 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32332 secunia.com
- http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt www.security-objectives.com
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt www.security-objectives.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497626/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31678 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021074 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46008 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com