# CVE-2013-5385: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause routing disruption or leak sensitive information via crafted OSPF LSA packets in IBM i and related systems.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qfjv-vc8r-v59q

## What is CVE-2013-5385?

CVE-2013-5385 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 2 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5385?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm I, Ibm Z\/Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-5385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-5385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm I

- [CVE-2026-96119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96119/): IBM i is Affected By An Improper Control of Code Generation Vulnerability in HTTP Server Administration GUI (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-16860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16860/): IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [] (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-17083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17083/): IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Debug Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-17218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17218/): IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon [] (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-17276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17276/): IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-5385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-5385 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 2 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm I. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5385/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-5385

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