Alta Aware — 1549 Factory-resetting a Cloud Connector without unclaiming led to no password needed for SSH

Release Date

11th of November 2024.

Overview

When an Alta Video Cloud Connector was factory reset while still claimed by an Alta Video Aware instance, it would lose its SSH credentials file, allowing for passwordless SSH authentication until the credentials were rotated.

Affected Products

Alta Video:
- All Stable upgrade channel versions before 7.1.6.
- All Beta upgrade channel versions before 7.1.0.

Unaffected Products

Alta Video:
- All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 7.1.6.
- All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 7.1.0.
Avigilon Cloud-Native Cameras: all versions.
Alta Video Cloud: all versions.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Alta Video Beta upgrade channel version 7.1.0 and Stable upgrade channel version 7.1.6.

It is highly 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.

Vulnerability Information

CVSSv3 score: 7.5 (High)
CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

11/03/2024 Issue found
12/06/2024 Root cause established
24/06/2024 Fix identified
03/09/2024 Patched Alta Video (Beta upgrade channel) released
10/08/2024 Patched Alta Video (Stable upgrade channel) released
11/11/2024 Vulnerability publicly disclosed