All Things Microsoft > Microsoft Software

Interesting...Windows security flaws < UNIX's?

(1/4) > >>

ReggieMicheals:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB2005.html

--- Quote ---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.
--- End quote ---

A little old, but this just doesn't seem to add up...

WMD:
It probably counts the same thing in each distribution as its own.

toadlife:

--- Quote from: WMD ---It probably counts the same thing in each distribution as its own.
--- End quote ---

No it doesn't but they do count vulnerabilities more than once. For example...

For linux/unix...


--- Quote ---Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass
Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated) Apache 'Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient' Restriction Bypass (Updated)

--- End quote ---


And in Windows too...


--- Quote ---Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)
Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)
Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)
Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)
Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)
Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)
Microsoft Windows ANI File Parsing Errors (Updated)

--- End quote ---

TB:
Plus one must consider the whole closed/open source factor. Only Microsoft can truly know how many security holes Windows has.....assuming that they actually have people looking for them (a little voice inside me is saying they probably don't).

piratePenguin:
"Winamp Arbitrary Code Execution" ???
Is winamp part of Windows or something?

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page