Ava-731: Permission bugs in Aware API endpoints

Release Date

23rd of February 2023.

Overview

Security issues have been identified on some of the Ava Aware API endpoints that could cause Ava Aware to restart.

Affected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 5.6.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 5.6.0.

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 5.6.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 5.6.0
• Ava Cameras: all versions.
• Ava Cloud: all versions.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 5.6.0 and Stable upgrade channel version 5.6.5.

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.

Vulnerability Information

• CVE: pending
• CVSSv3 score: 6.5 (Medium)
• CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 Ava Security.

Disclosure Timeline

• 04/10/2022 Issue found internally by Ava Security
• 05/10/2022 Root cause established
• 06/10/2022 Fix identified
• 17/01/2023 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 15/02/2023 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 23/02/2023 Vulnerability publicly disclosed