Novell eDirectory NCP Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:novell:edirectory";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800138");
  script_version("2024-02-27T14:36:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-27 14:36:53 +0000 (Tue, 27 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-21 14:18:03 +0100 (Fri, 21 Nov 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-02-02 15:49:57 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5038");
  script_name("Novell eDirectory NCP Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("secpod_novell_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Novell/eDir/Lin/Ver");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/32395");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46138");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=DwSGwHlu4pc~");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=wxO984kvjmc~");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to corrupt process memory,
  which will allow remote code execution on the target machines or can cause denial of service condition.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3 SP10 and 8.8 SP2 and prior on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a use-after-free error in the NetWare Core
  Protocol(NCP) engine when handling 'Get NCP Extension Information by Name' Requests.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Novell eDirectory is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 or 8.8 SP3.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"8.8", test_version2:"8.8.SP2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"8.8.SP3", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
} else if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"8.7.3.SP10" ) ){
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"8.7.3.SP10", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );