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CVE-2008-3248

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.6)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Symantec — Veritas File System

CWEs

References

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