Reply #28: Sloppy search criteria

[Lithos]

Your search criteria is incomplete, sloppy and essentially comparing apples to oranges. For instance your OS X search includes products such as Cisco IOS and other items not part of or related to the actual Apple OS. And Linux having multiple Vendors will show multiple products for the same bug - ie it gets hit several times for each.

What also is missing is the "patch" rate by the vendor; the attention they are giving to patching things which is a problem Microsoft is known for where critical exploits remain open months if not years later and only grudgingly addressed.



Delving further into Secunia, I note this:

Windows XP Pro-

Affected By 170 Secunia advisories

Unpatched 19% (32 of 170 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched


The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Microsoft Windows XP Professional, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Highly critical

Ubuntu 6.10 - the latest release of a very common desktop/server Linux package.

Affected By 41 Secunia advisories

Unpatched 0% (0 of 41 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched
There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied.

Apple OS X

Affected By 97 Secunia advisories

Unpatched 19% (18 of 97 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched
The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Apple Macintosh OS X, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Highly critical

So, looks like Windows XP is leading the pack.