Ava-728: Vulnerability in Go could cause a denial of service

Release Date

1st of February 2023.

Overview

A vulnerability in Go's net/http package could give rise to a denial of service condition in Ava Aware, Cloud Connectors, Ava cameras, and the Ava Cloud.

Affected Products

  • Ava Aware:
    • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 5.5.2.
    • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 5.5.2.
  • Ava Cameras:
    • All Stable upgrade Channel versions before 5.5.2.
    • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 5.5.2.
  • Ava Cloud: before 12th December 2022.

Unaffected Products

  • Ava Aware:
    • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 5.5.2.
    • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 5.5.2.
  • Ava Cameras:
    • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 5.5.2.
    • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 5.5.2.
  • Ava Cloud: from 12th December 2022.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 5.5.2 and Stable upgrade channel version 5.5.2.

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.

A fix was deployed to the Ava Cloud on 12th December 2022. Ava Cloud customers do not need to take any additional action.

This issue has been fixed in Ava Camera Beta upgrade channel version 5.5.2 and Stable upgrade channel version 5.5.2.

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

Mitigations

There are no known mitigations for this issue.

Work arounds

There are no known work arounds for this issue.

Acknowledgements

Issue found by Josselin Costanzi and reported to the Go team.

Disclosure Timeline

  • 07/12/2022 Issue found by Josselin Costanzi and reported to the Go team.
  • 07/12/2022 Root cause established
  • 07/12/2022 Fix identified
  • 12/12/2022 Patched Ava Cloud released
  • 15/12/2022 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
  • 19/12/2022 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
  • 15/12/2022 Patched Ava Cameras (Beta upgrade channel) released
  • 19/12/2022 Patched Ava Cameras (Stable upgrade channel) released
  • 01/02/2023 Vulnerability publicly disclosed