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Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:204 ] blender Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research reported a boundary error when Blender processed RGBE images which could be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Blender if a specially crafted .hdr or .blend file were opened(CVE-2008-1102). As well, multiple vulnerabilities involving insecure usage of temporary files had also been reported (CVE-2008-1103). The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:204
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : blender
 Date    : September 24, 2008
 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research reported a boundary error when
 Blender processed RGBE images which could be used to execute arbitrary
 code with the privileges of the user running Blender if a specially
 crafted .hdr or .blend file were opened(CVE-2008-1102).
 
 As well, multiple vulnerabilities involving insecure usage of temporary
 files had also been reported (CVE-2008-1103).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1102
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1103
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 e3a5d49f7b992b7cc4cd9525d73ea4f6  2008.0/i586/blender-2.45-2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 d5691e5af5c50fb80fc244e427918003  2008.0/SRPMS/blender-2.45-2.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 5411e43bc26366a1ec9f3a0da3670eb0  2008.0/x86_64/blender-2.45-2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 d5691e5af5c50fb80fc244e427918003  2008.0/SRPMS/blender-2.45-2.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 32cad77461dca17240719d8f3bb6cf6b  2008.1/i586/blender-2.45-7.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 e65dbe183dbbb3420707218d69ce9897  2008.1/SRPMS/blender-2.45-7.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 a3f83bb2a3617a2d80efaccb9c207f21  2008.1/x86_64/blender-2.45-7.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 e65dbe183dbbb3420707218d69ce9897  2008.1/SRPMS/blender-2.45-7.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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