CVE-2008-5038 (GCVE-0-2008-5038)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-12 20:18
Modified
2024-08-07 10:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
cve@mitre.org http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://osvdb.org/48206 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/32395 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html Broken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/48206 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/32395 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html Broken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
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