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Posted on 20 December 2013
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extended Lifecycle Support 1-month Notice
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1865-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1865.html
Issue date: 2013-12-19
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1. Summary:
This is the 1-month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS).
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS) - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS) - i386
3. Description:
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will be
retired as of January 30, 2014, and 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 3 ELS after that date. In addition, technical support
through Red Hat's Global Support Services will no longer be provided after
January 30, 2014.
Note: This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the
Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 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 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 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 package, that provides a
copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.
5. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS):
Source:
redhat-release-3AS-13.9.17.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-3AS-13.9.17.i386.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.17.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS):
Source:
redhat-release-3ES-13.9.17.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-3ES-13.9.17.i386.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.17.i386.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.
