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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:0976 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2016-05-10
Updated:
2016-05-10

RHBA-2016:0976 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

redhat-release update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated redhat-release packages are now available.

Description

This advisory provides updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 client release packages.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

This advisory is applied automatically when installing or updating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1255642 - bump redhat-release for RHEL-6.8 beta
  • BZ - 1256629 - Add unbound to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1263701 - Add libreswan to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1278014 - Add libxshmfence to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1278030 - Add libepoxy to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1278034 - Add compat-libxcb to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1278040 - Add xcb-util-renderutil to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1290086 - Add chrony to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1290139 - Add adcli to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1290354 - Add rear to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1290816 - Add squid34 to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1292032 - Add java-1.8.0-ibm to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1294031 - Add libiwpm to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1296039 - Add preupgrade-assistant-staticdata to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1300020 - Add libreswan to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1311892 - Add preupgrade-assistant-el6toel7 to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1311901 - Add preupgrade-assistant-el6toel7-data to comps file for release
  • BZ - 1318314 - Add sbd to comps file for release

CVEs

(none)

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
x86_64
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76841443515863031fec2a5c8ba40e0b161468c3e138ebdd3a31bf69d03edaca
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76841443515863031fec2a5c8ba40e0b161468c3e138ebdd3a31bf69d03edaca
i386
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 944c892cfe91b829f4a8737e813e3c244939d2bf43b462e1c83dd983b9139b53

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
x86_64
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76841443515863031fec2a5c8ba40e0b161468c3e138ebdd3a31bf69d03edaca
i386
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 944c892cfe91b829f4a8737e813e3c244939d2bf43b462e1c83dd983b9139b53

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
redhat-release-workstation-6Workstation-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b113c81a85201d73fac20cddec5ee6ba071fde616a049fa0a2dfc689a3f629bf
x86_64
redhat-release-workstation-6Workstation-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 854abb29f63d3fcf9de0104475bc8c6d9fb0f2159d79820d5ab651545138619d
i386
redhat-release-workstation-6Workstation-6.8.0.5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 13d145beae7d82384689897211cfd0036747e8a2f9586f7e8fccde9a7c599ade

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
redhat-release-client-6Client-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 6006a8b83dac3ec6e53589f44cc7ecf72b5a23b9f150b4741ebc7957235860f6
x86_64
redhat-release-client-6Client-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1816b7c45834e53b69b7e3bb6b8852f349e44fb05fa95e2b5bae175f8a327d25
i386
redhat-release-client-6Client-6.8.0.5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: a9ae77c235f1e25f6e5eb6115f4e6bc5380985ed35635ee81f95803bc52678fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
s390x
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0b444d6c7ceb8afc62d55fc26048978ae8c4387bdcc65e3a8594074e55369e2d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
ppc64
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 49af737c1553b9cb3b70686c5e0bde7eeb3d83ef6a1c21fe71c8dff8bd3ff0e6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
redhat-release-computenode-6ComputeNode-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cb7752600370552b1b2478945d2e35318e5a7a323c6634f9208a80773697c1a6
x86_64
redhat-release-computenode-6ComputeNode-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91f3bf7ee29a34275f421f41814b689d0b6ad4c084af0cd9987da5c778c07507

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
x86_64
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76841443515863031fec2a5c8ba40e0b161468c3e138ebdd3a31bf69d03edaca
i386
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 944c892cfe91b829f4a8737e813e3c244939d2bf43b462e1c83dd983b9139b53

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
s390x
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0b444d6c7ceb8afc62d55fc26048978ae8c4387bdcc65e3a8594074e55369e2d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
x86_64
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76841443515863031fec2a5c8ba40e0b161468c3e138ebdd3a31bf69d03edaca
i386
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 944c892cfe91b829f4a8737e813e3c244939d2bf43b462e1c83dd983b9139b53

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 908c0aa9f62c86b22e67b5fccb5e9e4a53d34c533fd0d0ffb419ae723de0b301
s390x
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.8.0.5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0b444d6c7ceb8afc62d55fc26048978ae8c4387bdcc65e3a8594074e55369e2d

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