CVE-2005-1729 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3, where remote attackers can crash the application by submitting a URL containing an MS-DOS device name. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to an application crash (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.