Linux/Unix/Max Vulnerabilities Outnumbered Microsoft Windows' 3 To 1 in 2005

[mandy]

This bulletin provides a year-end summary of software vulnerabilities that were identified between January 2005 and December 2005. The information is presented only as a index with links to the US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin the information was published in. There were 5198 reported vulnerabilities: 812 Windows operating system vulnerabilities; 2328 Unix/Linux operating vulnerabilities; and 2058 Multiple operating system vulnerabilities.

The full US-CERT vulnerability list: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB2005.html

...  The end-of-year vulnerability score should be taken with a grain of salt, however, since US-CERT doesn't filter out updates (so one actual vulnerability can be counted numerous times) nor does it break out individual vulnerabilities from warnings that cover multiple bugs (as in the many Mac OS X vulnerability listings).

full article: http://www.informationweek.com/story/sho...=175801215&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news