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Posted on 19 July 2018
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support Six-Month Notice
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2224-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2224
Issue date: 2018-07-19
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1. Summary:
This is the Six-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support (EUS). This notification applies only to
those customers subscribed to the Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 will be retired as
of December 31, 2018, and active support will no longer be provided.
Accordingly, Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including
Critical Impact security patches or Urgent Priority bug fixes, for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS after December 31, 2018. In addition, on-going
technical support through Red Hat's Customer Experience and Engagement will
be limited as described under "non-current minor releases" in the Knowledge
Base article located here https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 after
this date.
We encourage customers to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 to a
more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a benefit of the Red
Hat subscription model, customers can use their active subscriptions to
entitle any system on any currently supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
release.
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-server package that
provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/"
directory.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1573212 - Send out RHEL 6.7 EUS 6-month retirement notice
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7):
Source:
redhat-release-computenode-6ComputeNode-6.7.0.5.el6_7.2.src.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-computenode-6ComputeNode-6.7.0.5.el6_7.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.7.0.5.el6_7.1.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.7.0.5.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
ppc64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.7.0.5.el6_7.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.7.0.5.el6_7.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.7.0.5.el6_7.1.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
