Blender: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201311-07

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

Affected packages

media-gfx/blender on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.49b-r2
Unaffected versions >= 2.49b-r2

Background

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

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

Release date
November 13, 2013

Latest revision
November 13, 2013: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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