CVE-2013-5385

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The OSPF implementation in IBM i 6.1 and 7.1, in z/OS on zSeries servers, and in Networking Operating System (aka NOS, formerly BLADE Operating System) does not properly validate Link State Advertisement (LSA) type 1 packets before performing operations on the LSA database, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (routing disruption) or obtain sensitive packet information via a crafted LSA packet, a related issue to CVE-2013-0149.

Affected products

IBM i: 6.1, 7.1
IBM Z/Os: all versions

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1019716
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010309
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229804
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-985QTG
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1019716
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010309
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229804
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-985QTG

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