Ava-657: Possibility for Ava Aware users to see ongoing sensor alarms for sites they lack permissions for

Release Date

28th of July 2022.

Overview

An Ava Aware user with permissions to view alarms from a least one site would also be able to see ongoing sensor alarms for other sites. It would not be possible to view other kinds of alarms, the associated video feeds, or alarms that have ended.

Affected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 5.0.4.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 5.0.2.
• Ava cameras: all versions.

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 5.0.4.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 5.0.2.
• Ava cameras: all versions.
• Ava Cloud: all versions.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 5.0.2 and Stable upgrade channel version 5.0.4. 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.

Vulnerability Information

• CVE: pending
• CVSSv3 score: 4.3 (medium)
• CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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 Ava Security.

Disclosure Timeline

• 20/06/2022 Issue found internally by Ava Security
• 23/06/2022 Root cause established
• 23/06/2022 Fix identified
• 04/07/2022 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 14/07/2022 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 05/07/2022 Preliminary vulnerability advisory published
• 28/07/2022 Vulnerability publicly disclosed