CVE-2008-5038

Summary

CVE	CVE-2008-5038
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2008-11-12 21:09:03 UTC
Updated	2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
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.

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.1	[email protected]	Primary	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	10		`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Novell	Edirectory	All	All	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp1	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp2	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp3	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp4	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp5	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp6	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp7	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp8	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.7.3	sp9	All	All
Application	Novell	Edirectory	8.8	-	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
History of Issues Resolved in eDirectory 8.8.x	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.novell.com	Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Novell eDirectory 20080924	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	support.novell.com	Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/48206	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	osvdb.org	Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.vupen.com	Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Novell eDirectory NCP Unspecified Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Novell eDirectory NCP Request Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Novell eDirectory NCP Get Extension Information Request Remote Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Novell eDirectory 20080924	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	support.novell.com	Broken Link, Patch
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	labs.idefense.com	Broken Link
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

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