CVE-2008-4638

qioadmin 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.

• CWE-200

• http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htmPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497675/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31679
• http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46009
• http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/310872.htmPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJSADV-2008-05.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497675/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31679
• http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.20.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2875Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46009

Published

Oct 21, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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