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CVE-2008-5038

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-416

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 products

• Novell eDirectory: before 8.7.3; 8.7.3-sp1, 8.7.3-sp2, 8.7.3-sp3, 8.7.3-sp4, 8.7.3-sp5, 8.7.3-sp6 (+4) — fixed in 8.7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Novell eDirectory 8.7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748
• http://osvdb.org/48206
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32395
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748
• http://osvdb.org/48206

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