iPhone;243063 Wrote: 
> Doesn’t the CERT message say that FLAC can be attacked if an executable
> file is downloaded.

No, it says that the FLAC libraries contain a number of buffer overflow
vulnerabilities; the file does not have to be "executable".  Read each
of the 14 vulnerabilities mentioned in the eeye.com advisory:

http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html

iPhone;243063 Wrote: 
> Question: Who is downloading FLAC? Are we all not ripping our own CDs
> and would not be vulnerable to this type of attack? Seeing how it is
> all local to our machines. Or am I not thinking about this like an IT
> Guy?
> 
> I have to be missing something, right? Come on IT Guys, help me get my
> head around this.

Of the 14 vulnerabliities, one vector of attack would use a specially
crafted image file, that you might link in your FLAC metadata.  Where
do you get all your images?  Also consider how many people routinely
share music files.


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