Linux Mandrake patches released

A raft of patches for Linux Mandrake and its software applications, including a kernel fix, have been released today by Mandrakesoft.

The patches include no less than 5 deemed “highly critical” to prevent remote user access to a vulnerable machine.

However, despite the need for the patches, Linux machines remain better protected than Windows machines.

According to security firm Secunia, as many as 25% of PC’s running Windows XP Home Edition remain unpatched, while less than 1% of Linux Mandrake machines are unpatched.

Fig. 1, Unpatched machines: Windows XP Home Edition

Fig. 2, Unpatched machines: Mandrake 9.x