CVE-2008-5038

CRITICAL

Novell Edirectory < 8.7.3 - Use After Free

Title source: rule

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a sequence of "Get NCP Extension Information By Name" requests that cause one thread to operate on memory after it has been freed in another thread, which triggers memory corruption, aka Novell Bug 373852.

References (10)

[Broken Link] http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748

[Broken Link] http://osvdb.org/48206

[Broken Link, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32395

[Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html

[Broken Link, Patch] http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html

[Broken Link] http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117

[Broken Link, Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.1910

EPSS Percentile 95.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-416

Status draft

Affected Products (11)

novell/edirectory < 8.7.3

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

novell/edirectory

Timeline

Published Nov 12, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026