RHBA-2016:0987 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for ec2-images is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Amazon Machine Image (AMI) provides a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.8 Guest Image for cloud instances. This image is
provided as a minimally configured system image which is available for use as-is or for configuration and customization as required by end users.

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

The fix is applied automatically when deploying a new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Amazon Machine Image.

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 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1326534 - Update RHEL 6.7 AMIs for Badlock

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.8_Release_Notes/index.html
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.8_Technical_Notes/index.html