[RHSA-2013:1865-01] Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extended Lifecycle Support 1-month Notice

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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 . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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