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Anyone aware of the possible iSeries Vulnerability and the impact, and fix if available.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-5385

Original release date:01/02/2014
Last revised:01/03/2014
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The OSPF implementation in IBM i 6.1 and 7.1, and in z/OS on zSeries servers, 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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:8.5<http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?version=2&name=CVE-2013-5385&vector=%28AV%3AN/AC%3AL/Au%3AN/C%3AP/I%3AN/A%3AC%29> (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)<http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?version=2&name=CVE-2013-5385&vector=%28AV%3AN/AC%3AL/Au%3AN/C%3AP/I%3AN/A%3AC%29> (legend<http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?vectorinfo&version=2>)
Impact Subscore: 7.8
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service



Thank You
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Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator

Pencor Services, Inc.
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