Which Desktop OS Had the Most Vulns in Q1 2008?
by Jeff Jones, Security by Numbers
Thu, 2008-05-15 19:03
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If you had to guess which of these three OSes had the most security vulnerability fixes in Q1, which would it be?

  • Windows Vista
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop
  • Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Well, to see the full details, you can download the report at Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard, but let's hit the highlights here, breaking down all of the OSes by NVD severity ratings:

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.

 

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