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Cisco IOS OSPF LSA Manipulation (CVE-2013-0149)

🗓️ 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 18 Views

OSPF in Cisco IOS does not validate Link State Advertisement packets, allowing remote attacks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(502771);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/03/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0149");

  script_name(english:"Cisco IOS OSPF LSA Manipulation (CVE-2013-0149)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The OSPF implementation in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0
through 15.3, IOS-XE 2.x through 3.9.xS, ASA and PIX 7.x through 9.1,
FWSM, NX-OS, and StarOS before 14.0.50488 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 (1) unicast or (2) multicast packet, aka Bug IDs
CSCug34485, CSCug34469, CSCug39762, CSCug63304, and CSCug39795.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
  # http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130801-lsaospf
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?58c1354a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229804");
  # http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130801-lsaospf
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?58c1354a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229804");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2013-0149");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/08/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/08/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/12/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_5000_series_switches");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_7000_series_switches");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"former");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/Cisco");

  exit(0);
}


include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/Cisco');

var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'Cisco');

var vuln_cpes = {
    "cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_5000_series_switches" :
        {"family" : "NXOS", "versionEndExcluding" : "7.0.0.N1(1)", "versionStartIncluding" : "4.0"},
    "cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_7000_series_switches:1" :
        {"family" : "NXOS", "versionEndExcluding" : "6.1(4)a", "versionStartIncluding" : "4.0"},
    "cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_7000_series_switches:2" :
        {"family" : "NXOS", "versionEndExcluding" : "6.2.6", "versionStartIncluding" : "6.2"}
};

tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

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23 Mar 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 25.8
EPSS0.02476
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