Alta Aware - 1593: RTSP stream continues when a device is deactivated (Bug 19519)

Release Date

4th of October 2024.

Overview

A vulnerability exists in Alta Video where deactivating a camera does not properly terminate its associated RTSP stream. When the device is deactivated, the stream continues to run instead of ending.

Affected Products

• Alta Video:

  • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 7.0.8.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 7.0.0.

• Alta Video Cloud: before 14th May 2024.

Unaffected Products

• Alta Video:

  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 7.0.8.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 7.0.0.

• Avigilon Cloud-Native Cameras: all versions.

• Alta Video Cloud: from 14th May 2024

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Alta Video Beta upgrade channel version 7.0.0 and Stable upgrade channel version 7.0.8.

It is strongly recommended that all installations running an affected version are upgraded to the latest release as soon as possible. Releases are available to download through the Alta Video User Interface.

A fix was deployed to the Alta Video Cloud on 14th May 2024. Alta Video Cloud customers do not need to take any additional action.

Vulnerability Information

• CVSSv3 score: 5.0 (Medium)
• CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Mitigations

There are no known mitigations for this issue.

Work arounds

There are no known work arounds for this issue.

Acknowledgements

Issue found internally by Avigilon Alta.

Disclosure Timeline

• 07/05/2024 Issue found
• 07/05/2024 Root cause established
• 08/05/2024 Fix identified
• 14/05/2024 Patched Alta Video Cloud released
• 02/07/2024 Patched Alta Video (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 27/08/2024 Patched Alta Video (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 04/10/2024 Vulnerability publicly disclosed