- Issued:
- 2009-11-09
- Updated:
- 2009-11-09
RHSA-2009:1526 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 - 1-Year End Of Life Notice
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Low
Topic
This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3.
Description
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, the
regular 7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will end on October
31, 2010.
After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the regular subscription services
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Therefore, new bug fix, enhancement, and
security errata updates, as well as technical support services will no
longer be available for the following products:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3
- Red Hat Desktop 3
- Red Hat Global File System 3
- Red Hat Cluster Suite 3
Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 are advised to begin planning the upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5. Active subscribers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux already have access
to all currently maintained versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as part
of their subscription without additional fees.
For customers who are unable to migrate off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
before its end-of-life date, Red Hat may offer a limited, optional
extension program. For more information, contact your Red Hat sales
representative or channel partner.
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life-cycle can be found on the Red
Hat website: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
Solution
This errata contains an updated redhat-release package, that adds a new
file to "/usr/share/doc/", which contains this end of life notice.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 531220 - Send Out RHEL 3 1-Year EOL Notice
CVEs
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.