Alta Aware — 1087: Alta Cloud Connector could panic if exporting stored MJPEG video

Release Date

2nd April 2024.

Overview

Storing MJPEG video on the Alta Cloud Connector could cause it to panic if exported later.

Affected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 6.5.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 6.5.4.

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 6.5.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 6.5.4.
• Ava Cameras: all versions.
• Ava Cloud: all versions.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 6.5.4 and Stable upgrade channel version 6.5.5.

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

• CVSSv3 score: 5.3 (Medium)
• CVSSv3 vector: [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

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

• 17/01/2024 Issue found internally by Ava Security
• 03/01/2024 Root cause established
• 04/01/2024 Fix identified
• 09/01/2024 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 22/01/2024 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 02/04/2024 Vulnerability publicly disclosed