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US-CERT: Cyber Security Bulletin 2005 Summary
Jan 4, 2006, 16 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (7167 reads)

"Information in the US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin is a compilation and includes information published by outside sources, so the information should not be considered the result of US-CERT analysis. Software vulnerabilities are categorized in the appropriate section reflecting the operating system on which the vulnerability was reported; however, this does not mean that the vulnerability only affects the operating system reported since this information is obtained from open-source information.

"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..."

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I can't wait for the idiots to make  ...   Wait for it...   
Wayne
Jan 4, 2006, 16:14:24
 
This is an interesting list, but there a ...   Interesting, but...   
Thorndike
Jan 4, 2006, 16:17:46
 
This is imo because those like Microsoft ...   2328 Unix/Linux ?   
GH
Jan 4, 2006, 16:55:34
 
Raw numerical counts mean nothing.  I wa ...   Categorization of Security   
Joe Almeida
Jan 4, 2006, 20:23:47
 
that lets Microsoft terrorize the IT wor ...   This report brought to you by the same government   
ac
Jan 4, 2006, 20:30:19
 
There are multiple entries with the &#39 ...   Seriously Misleading   
Kevin
Jan 4, 2006, 21:52:48
 
This has been debunked in a LWN thread.  ...   inept journo   
wildpossum
Jan 4, 2006, 21:54:27
 
 There really is no difference between t ...   Good Independent Report   
Phil Spector
Jan 5, 2006, 00:12:09
 
the list for Unix/Linux has some repeats ...   Unix/Linux list has some repeats   
Xunil Ung
Jan 5, 2006, 03:03:03
 
Yes, it would come as a great shock no d ...   Re:Seriously Misleading   
ac
Jan 5, 2006, 04:30:02
 
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