GLSA 201311-07: Blender: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Blender: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/13/2013
Bugs:	#219008, #293130
ID:	201311-07

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Blender, the worst of which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Blender is a 3D Creation/Animation/Publishing System.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/blender	< 2.49b-r2	>= 2.49b-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Blender. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Blender users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/blender-2.49b-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-07.xml

Concerns?

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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.