A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Blender: Heap-based buffer overflow. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-08
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Blender: Heap-based buffer overflow
Date: January 13, 2006
Bugs: #118163
ID: 200601-08
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Synopsis
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Blender is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may be exploited by
attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Background
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Blender is an open source software for 3D modeling, animation,
rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/blender < 2.40 >= 2.40
Description
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Damian Put has reported a flaw due to an integer overflow in the
"get_bhead()" function, leading to a heap overflow when processing
malformed ".blend" files.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user into opening a specially crafted
".blend" file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
permissions of the user running Blender.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Blender users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/blender-2.40"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2005-4470
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4470
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-08.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
