CVE-2005-1729: Novell Edirectory

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URL containing an MS-DOS device name such as AUX, CON, PRN, COM1, or LPT1.

Affected products

• Novell Edirectory: version 8.7.3 only

Published 2005-06-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.