CVE-2008-3248 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/32332 http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497626/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31678 http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-04.txt http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-04.txt 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