Home / mailings [RHSA-2020:0638-01] Low: Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5 - 90 day End Of Life Notice
Posted on 27 February 2020
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5 - 90 day End Of Life Notice
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0638-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite Proxy
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0638
Issue date: 2020-02-27
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1. Summary:
This is the 90 day notification of the End Of Life (EOL) plans for the
following versions of Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5:
* Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 (RHEL v.6) - noarch
3. Description:
After May 31, 2020, as per the life-cycle support policy for Red Hat
Satellite Proxy, Red Hat will discontinue technical support services as
well as software maintenance services for all Red Hat Satellite and Proxy
versions 5.8 or older on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The listed versions
will exit the existing Limited Maintenance Release phase. This means that
new bug fixes, security updates, and product enhancements will no longer be
provided for the following product versions:
* Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Details of the Satellite support policy can be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/
How to proceed:
* If you have a Technical Account Manager, contact that person immediately
to discuss upgrade plans. Otherwise, contact Red Hat support for assistance
at:
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/support
* Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth migration. For
more information, see:
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/consulting.
* Alternatively, Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth
migration to Satellite 6. For more information, see:
https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/consulting-offering-transition-to-satel
lite-6-datasheet
* More information on Red Hat Consulting for Satellite can be found in the
PDF document linked to in the References section.
* Red Hat Knowledgebase and other content (whitepapers, reference
architectures, etc.) can be found in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
* All Red Hat Satellite documentation.
Details of the Red Hat Satellite life-cycle can be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1796373 - Proxy 5.8 end of life - 90 day warning
6. Package List:
Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 (RHEL v.6):
Source:
spacewalk-proxy-2.5.0-9.el6sat.src.rpm
noarch:
spacewalk-proxy-broker-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-proxy-common-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-proxy-management-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-proxy-package-manager-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-proxy-redirect-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.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 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
