Description
The undo save quit routine in the kernel in Blender 2.5, 2.63a, and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the quit.blend temporary file. NOTE: this issue might be a regression of CVE-2008-1103.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | blender | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | blender | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | blender | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | blender | No fix yet | — |
References
- [oss-security] 20120907 Re: CVE-2010 Request -- blender: Insecure temporary file use by creating file string in undo save quit Blender kernel routine (re-occurrence of CVE-2008-1103) mailing-list
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=584621
- [oss-security] 20120906 CVE-2010 Request -- blender: Insecure temporary file use by creating file string in undo save quit Blender kernel routine (re-occurrence of CVE-2008-1103) mailing-list
- https://developer.blender.org/T22509
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0302 vendor-advisory