# CVE-2024-28894: Denial of service in Cente IPv6

> An unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service on Cente middleware devices by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mfjw-xrhr-9p46

## What is CVE-2024-28894?

CVE-2024-28894 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6, published on 15 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Out-of-bounds read vulnerability caused by improper checking of the option length values in IPv6 headers exists in Cente middleware TCP/IP Network Series, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to stop the device operations by sending a specially crafted packet.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28894?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Nxtech Cente Ipv6, Nxtech Cente Ipv6 Snmpv2, Nxtech Cente Ipv6 Snmpv3.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28894?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28894 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28894 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6

- [CVE-2024-23911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23911/): Denial of service in Cente IPv6 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-28957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28957/): Information disclosure in Cente IPv6 (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28894 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28894 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6, published on 15 Apr 2024. 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-2024-28894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: DMG MORI Digital Co., LTD. and NEXT Co., Ltd. Cente IPv6. 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-2024-28894/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28894/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28894
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28894
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28894

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28894/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.