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CVE-2008-3248

N/A
Published: October 21, 2008 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVeritas File System

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (10)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32332
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497626/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31678
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021074
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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