cve-2008-5038
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-12 20:18
Modified
2024-08-07 10:40
Severity ?
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.orghttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/48206Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32395Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlBroken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/48206Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32395Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlBroken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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