CVE-2008-5038

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-5017

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/32395

http://osvdb.org/48206

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS