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title: "CVE-2010-5105\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-5105

Publication date 27 April 2014

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-5105?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| blender | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

according to debian report, 2.49.2~dfsg-1 is not affected
should be mitigated by yama tmp hardening

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-5105)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5105)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-5105)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-5105)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5105>