Ava-686 Camera authentication could be removed for a brief period during the camera setup

Release Date

31st of October 2023.

Overview

There existed a brief window during the camera setup phase where it was possible for an attacker to delete the initial user account. The camera could then be accessed without authentication.

Affected Products

• Ava Cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade Channel versions before 5.3.4.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 5.3.0.

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware: all versions.
• Ava Cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 5.3.4.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 5.3.0.
• Ava Cloud: all versions.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 5.3.0 and Stable upgrade channel version 5.3.4.

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 Ava Aware User Interface.

Vulnerability Information

• CVE: pending
• CVSSv3 score: 5.9 (Medium)
• CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/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 Ava Security.

Disclosure Timeline

• 24/08/2022 Issue found internally by Ava Security
• 22/08/2022 Root cause established
• 02/09/2022 Fix identified
• 15/09/2022 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 06/10/2022 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 15/09/2022 Patched Ava Cameras (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 06/10/2022 Patched Ava Cameras (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 31/10/2023 Vulnerability publicly disclosed