Ava-689: Audio recorded even if disabled on devices for on-premise deployments

Release Date

7th of October 2022.

Overview

Ava cameras for on-premises deployments would record audio, which could also be played back, even when audio recording was disabled on the devices.

Affected Products

• Ava cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade Channel versions before 5.1.8
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 5.2.3

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware: all versions
• Ava cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 5.1.8
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 5.2.3
• Ava Cloud: all versions

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava camera Beta upgrade channel version 5.2.3 and Stable upgrade channel version 5.1.8.

It is strongly recommended 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: 6.5 (medium)
• CVSSv3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Mitigations

There are no known mitigations for this issue.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Acknowledgements

Issue found internally by Ava Security.

Disclosure Timeline

• 01/09/2022 Issue found internally by Ava Security
• 01/09/2022 Root cause established
• 01/09/2022 Fix identified
• 06/09/2022 Patched Ava cameras (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 07/09/2022 Patched Ava cameras (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 07/09/2022 Preliminary vulnerability advisory published
• 07/10/2022 Vulnerability publicly disclosed