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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.1496 Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 - 1-Year End Of Life Notice 10 November 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 3 Impact/Access: Reduced Security -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1526.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 - 1-Year End Of Life Notice Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1526-02 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1526.html Issue date: 2009-11-09 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, the regular 7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will end on October 31, 2010. After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the regular subscription services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Therefore, new bug fix, enhancement, and security errata updates, as well as technical support services will no longer be available for the following products: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3 * Red Hat Desktop 3 * Red Hat Global File System 3 * Red Hat Cluster Suite 3 Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are advised to begin planning the upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Active subscribers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux already have access to all currently maintained versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as part of their subscription without additional fees. For customers who are unable to migrate off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 before its end-of-life date, Red Hat may offer a limited, optional extension program. For more information, contact your Red Hat sales representative or channel partner. Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life-cycle can be found on the Red Hat website: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ 4. Solution: This errata contains an updated redhat-release package, that adds a new file to "/usr/share/doc/", which contains this end of life notice. 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 531220 - Send Out RHEL 3 1-Year EOL Notice 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.src.rpm i386: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.7.i386.rpm ia64: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.ia64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.7.ia64.rpm ppc: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.ppc.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.7.ppc.rpm s390: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.s390.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.7.s390.rpm s390x: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.s390x.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.7.s390x.rpm x86_64: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-3Desktop-13.9.7.src.rpm i386: redhat-release-3Desktop-13.9.7.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3Desktop-13.9.7.i386.rpm x86_64: redhat-release-3Desktop-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3Desktop-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-3ES-13.9.7.src.rpm i386: redhat-release-3ES-13.9.7.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.7.i386.rpm ia64: redhat-release-3ES-13.9.7.ia64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.7.ia64.rpm x86_64: redhat-release-3ES-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-3WS-13.9.7.src.rpm i386: redhat-release-3WS-13.9.7.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3WS-13.9.7.i386.rpm ia64: redhat-release-3WS-13.9.7.ia64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3WS-13.9.7.ia64.rpm x86_64: redhat-release-3WS-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3WS-13.9.7.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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