CVE-2008-3248: Symantec Veritas File System

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 5.0 only; version unknown only

Published 2008-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.