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Veritas File System 5.0 and prior [Medium]

By Security Team • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Veritas File System 5.0 and prior [Medium]

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.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-3248
Severity: Medium

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: veritas_file_system
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