Security Advisory Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - End Of Life

Advisory: RHSA-2009:1076-1
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Low
Issued on: 2009-06-01
Last updated on: 2009-06-01
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A

Details

This is the End Of Life notification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, the
7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 has ended.

Red Hat has discontinued the technical support services, bug fix,
enhancement, and security errata updates for the following versions:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
* Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
* Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1

Servers subscribed to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 channels on the Red Hat
Network will become unsubscribed. As a benefit of the Red Hat subscription
model, those subscriptions can be used to entitle any system on any
currently supported release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Details of the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux life-cycle for all releases can be found on the Red
Hat website:

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

As part of the End Of Life process, the Red Hat Network will cease to carry
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 binaries. The source code and security
advisories will continue to be available.


Solution

This errata contains an updated redhat-release package that provides a copy
of this End Of Life notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-as-2.1AS-125.src.rpm     32bd41b926e150817121ffa605b75368
redhat-release-as-2.1AS-25.src.rpm     16cc69834729b42bdce1ab662f424728
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-as-2.1AS-25.i386.rpm     0dadbedbacc3aa333b4f91b6a4552222
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-as-2.1AS-125.ia64.rpm     9516fff1d9c4a970ed9a14282f708745
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-es-2.1ES-25.src.rpm     fdd5ec0bc0dd593b3971452bc6615c06
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-es-2.1ES-25.i386.rpm     c80a86400820a37a8c82c4a5361500cb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-ws-2.1WS-25.src.rpm     86af09fc7707748347ce344883148a0a
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-ws-2.1WS-25.i386.rpm     5eea01b8fe97c8956bef101df71711aa
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
redhat-release-aw-2.1AW-25.src.rpm     a957278ee7c236824e8d30ab9774d1a5
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-aw-2.1AW-25.ia64.rpm     546a3ea9276d0d04ba1a61a9dec5ee8e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

500331 - Send Out RHEL 2.1 final EOL Notice


References



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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/