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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200704-19
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Blender: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code
      Date: April 23, 2007
      Bugs: #168907
        ID: 200704-19

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Blender allowing for
user-assisted arbitrary code execution.

Background
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Blender is a 3D creation, animation and publishing program.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  media-gfx/blender       < 2.43                            >= 2.43

Description
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Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research discovered an insecure use of the
"eval()" function in kmz_ImportWithMesh.py.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
Blender file (.kmz or .kml), resulting in the execution of arbitrary
Python code with the privileges 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-2.43"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-1253
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1253

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-19

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
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2007 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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/