CVE-2008-3248

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Symantec Veritas File System: 5.0-mp2, unknown-unknown

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32332
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497626/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31678
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021074
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46008
http://secunia.com/advisories/32332
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm

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