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CVE-2008-5038

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2008 at 08:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendoreDirectory

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

eDirectory· Novell
95%
v < 8.7.38.7.3 sp18.7.3 sp28.7.3 sp38.7.3 sp48.7.3 sp58.7.3 sp68.7.3 sp78.7.3 sp88.7.3 sp98.8
Affected range stops below 8.7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (10)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/48206
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32395
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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