PT-2008-5851 · Symantec · Symantec Veritas File System

Published 2008-10-21 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4638

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) versions prior to 5.0 MP3

Description The issue allows local users to read arbitrary files by causing qioadmin to write a file's content to standard error in an error message, specifically in the Quick I/O for Database feature.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0 MP3, update to version 5.0 MP3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4638

Affected Products

Symantec Veritas File System

References · 8

• http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htm · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875 · Vendor Advisory
• http://symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4638 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46009 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31679 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/497675/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt · Note