Use After Free in Novell Edirectory
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Novell Edirectory — versions 8.7.3, 8.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do (Broken Link)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html (Patch, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/32395 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- osvdb.org/48206 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-5038?
- CVE-2008-5038 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2008-11-12.
- How severe is CVE-2008-5038?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.