Ava-420: Access to internal system components through API misuse

Release Date

13th July 2021.

Overview

This is an extension of Ava-418 which contains various security patches to internal API, physical Access Control integration, cloud and backend systems.

Affected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 3.8.3.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 3.8.2.
• Ava cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade Channel versions before 3.8.3.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 3.8.2.

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 3.8.3.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 3.8.2.
• Ava cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 3.8.3.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 3.8.2.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 3.8.2 and Stable upgrade channel version 3.8.3. 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. This issue has been fixed in Ava camera Beta upgrade channel version 3.8.2 and Stable upgrade channel version 3.8.3. It is highly recommended that all that all Ava camera installations running an affected version upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible. Releases are available to download through the Ava Aware User Interface for Ava managed cameras and the Ava camera User Interface for unmanaged Ava cameras.

Vulnerability Information

• CVE: pending
• CVSSv3 score: 8.5 (High)
• CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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 external Pentest

Disclosure Timeline

• 26/05/2021 Issue found external Pentest
• 26/05/2021 Root cause established
• 04/06/2021 Fix identified
• 22/06/2021 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 22/06/2021 Patched Ava cameras (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 29/06/2021 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 29/06/2021 Patched Ava cameras (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 13/07/2021 Vulnerability publicly disclosed