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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Extended Update Support 6-Month Notice
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1864-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1864.html
Issue date: 2013-12-19
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1. Summary:
This is the 6-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.3 Extended Update Support (EUS).
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3) - 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 6.3 will be retired as
of June 30, 2014, and support will no longer 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 6.3 EUS
after that date. In addition, technical support through Red Hat's Global
Support Services will no longer be provided after June 30, 2014.
Note: This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the
Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3.
We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.3 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 6 release (6.4 or 6.5, 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-server package, that
provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/"
directory.
5. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3):
Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.3.0.5.el6_3.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.3.0.5.el6_3.i686.rpm
ppc64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.3.0.5.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.3.0.5.el6_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.3.0.5.el6_3.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.
