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    CVE-2008-5038

    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.

    Published:Nov 12, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 12, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.20445
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Novell
    Product
    Edirectory

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748
    http://osvdb.org/48206
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32395
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
    http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138
    http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748
    http://osvdb.org/48206
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32395
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
    http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High