A report "The latest top 10 Linux/Unix security holes" by John McCormick of
TechRepublic has appeared at
http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020490,39117586,00.htm
The following is an excerpt from the report:

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SANS and the FBI have once again teamed up and released an updated version of
their list of the most exploited IT security vulnerabilities. As usual, this
list has been split into Windows flaws and Linux/UNIX flaws.

The following are the top 10 Linux/UNIX flaws, listed in order starting with the
most dangerous flaws.
1. BIND Domain Name System
2. Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
3. Apache Web Server
4. General UNIX Authentication Accounts with No Passwords or weak Passwords
5. Clear Text Services
6. Sendmail
7. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
8. Secure Shell (SSH)
9. Misconfiguration of Enterprise Services NIS/NFS
10. Open Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

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