CVE-2008-4638

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4638
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-21 18:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionqioadmin 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, allows local users to read arbitrary files by causing qioadmin to write a file's content to standard error in an error message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Veritas File System 5.0 mp2 aix All
Application Symantec Veritas File System 5.0 mp2 linux All
Application Symantec Veritas File System 5.0 mp2 solaris All
Application Symantec Veritas File System unknown unknown hp-ux All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Veritas - Technical Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seer.entsupport.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.security-objectives.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Symantec Veritas File System 'qioadmin' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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