RHSA-2018:3456 - Security Advisory

Topic

This is the 90 day notification of the End Of Life (EOL) plans for the following versions of Red Hat Satellite 5:

• Red Hat Satellite 5.6
• Red Hat Satellite 5.7

Description

The RHN service for Satellite 5.7, 5.6, and earlier versions of Satellite 5 will exit the existing Limited Maintenance Release phase and be permanently shut down on January 31, 2019.

After this date, for the affected Satellite 5 versions:

• No content will be available from RHN. Both system level updates and channel synchronization will be stopped as a result;
• No Satellite certificates for these versions will be generated or provided for these EOL product versions;
• As per the life-cycle support policy for Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat will discontinue technical support services as well as software maintenance services;
• New bug fixes, security updates, and product enhancements will no longer be provided.

Details of the Satellite support policy can be found at:

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/

Notes:

1) Red Hat will continue to support Red Hat Satellite and Proxy version 5.8.

2) Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 will be EOL on January 31, 2019. They will have to be upgraded.

How to proceed:

• Plan to upgrade to a newer version prior to January 31, 2019. You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Red Hat Satellite 5.8 immediately, which will be supported through May 31, 2020. You are also encouraged to plan a longer-term transition to Satellite 6, but to first ensure all Satellite and Proxy versions 5.7 and earlier have been upgraded prior to January 31, 2019.
• If you have a Technical Account Manager, consider contacting that person immediately to assist with your upgrade plans. Otherwise, contact Red Hat support for assistance at https://www.redhat.com/en/services/support
• Alternatively, Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth upgrade, or migration to Satellite 6, see https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/consulting-offering-transition-to-satellite-6-datasheet

Details of the Red Hat Satellite life cycle can be found at https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/

Solution

The documentation of the Satellite 5 upgrade process is available in the Red Hat Satellite 5.8 Installation Guide, linked to in the References section.

For detailed instructions on upgrading Red Hat Satellite, see the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/satellite-upgrade/README file within the rhn-upgrade package. Before proceeding, it is important to read the complete details, contained within the most current rhn-upgrade package README file.

Before the upgrade, ensure that known good backups are available, especially of the database.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 5.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.7 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1640535 - Satellite 5.7 and prior end of life - 90 day warning

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/5.8/html/installation_guide/upgrading_red_hat_satellite_to_a_new_version