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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2013.1087
Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support Retirement Notice
8 August 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
Impact/Access: Reduced Security -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1145.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support Retirement Notice
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1145-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1145.html
Issue date: 2013-08-07
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1. Summary:
This is the final notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support (EUS).
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 is retired as of
August 7, 2013, and support is no longer provided. Accordingly, Red Hat
will no longer provide updated packages after the final errata release,
including critical impact security patches or urgent priority bug fixes,
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS after this date. In addition,
technical support through Red Hat's Global Support Services will no longer
be provided after August 7, 2013.
Note: This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the
Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6.
We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.6 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6. As
a benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their active
subscriptions to entitle any system on a currently supported Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 release (5.9, for which EUS is available) or Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 release (6.2, 6.3, or 6.4, for which EUS is available).
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
4. Solution:
This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, that provides a
copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.
5. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server):
Source:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.i386.rpm
ia64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.ia64.rpm
ppc:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.ppc.rpm
s390x:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
6. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
7. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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