CVE-2013-5385 — 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

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HIGH

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

Published Jan 2, 2014

8.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.47%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.47% 0.03468

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03468

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.47% (0.03468)	88.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.47% (0.03468)	87.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 24, 2025	5.54% (0.05543)	89.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	3.26% (0.03264)	86.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.39% (0.04387)	81.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.26% (0.03264)	86.30th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.55% (0.00551)	78.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.55% (0.00551)	76.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.55% (0.00551)	74.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1019716
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010309
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229804
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-985QTG
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1019716		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010309		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229804		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-985QTG		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Jan 2, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2013

Link CVE-2013-5385

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-5385

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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