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Novell eDirectory MS-DOS Device Name Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA15676
Release Date: 2005-06-13
Last Update: 2005-07-01
Popularity: 9,296 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Novell eDirectory 8.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Dennis Rand has reported a vulnerability in Novell eDirectory, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling HTTP requests for reserved MS-DOS device names and can be exploited to crash the NDS service.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 8.7.3 for Windows. Prior versions may also be affected.

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