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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes Blender Remote Integer Overflow Issue
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Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Blender Remote Integer Overflow Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0179
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4470
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-13
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Gentoo has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Blender. This flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the "get_bhead()" [readfile.c] function when processing malformed ".blend" files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise an affected system by convincing a user to open a specially crafted "blend" file. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-3032
Affected Products
media-gfx/blender versions prior to 2.40
Solution
Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=media-gfx/blender-2.40"
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0179
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/4398
ChangeLog
2006-01-13 : Initial release
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