THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2013-5385
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-5385

I vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Ibm
Affected product
I
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2014-01-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-5385

  • Confirm whether Ibm I is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-5385.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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