Symantec Veritas File System prior 5.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Veritas File System and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component File System. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-3248. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Symantec Veritas File System. This affects an unknown part of the component File System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 10/21/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at symantec.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3248 since 07/21/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46008), SecurityFocus (BID 31678†), Secunia (SA32332†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021074†). The entry VDB-44610 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Veritas File System 5.0

Timelineinfo

07/21/2008 🔍
10/20/2008 +91 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2338 days 🔍
11/28/2017 +987 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3248 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3248
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44607
X-Force: 46008 - Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) qiomkfile information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 31678 - Symantec Veritas File System 'qiomkfile' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 32332 - Veritas File System Information Disclosure Security Issues, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021074
Vupen: ADV-2008-2875

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/28/2017 07:08
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 11/28/2017 07:08 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:260:103

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