SecurityRatty: Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard

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Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard

2008-05-14 23:04:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog

This paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for client operating systems for the first 3 month, January through March, of 2008. Vulnerabilities and fixes for the following products are discussed:

Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (V. 4)
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop
Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

For January through March of 2008, Mac OS X users experienced the highest number of vulnerabilities as well as the highest number of High severity vulnerabilities while Windows Vista users experienced the fewest and the fewest High severity vulnerabilities.

Here is the chart breaking down all of the OSes by NVD severity ratings:

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