Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Six-Month Retirement Notice

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) reached the end of its Production Phase 3 support on March 31, 2017. Until that date, critical security patches and urgent bug fixes were provided for the final release, RHEL 5.11. After this date, active support ended, but customers could purchase an Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) Add-On for up to 3.5 additional years of critical security fixes and urgent bug fixes, ending November 30, 2020. The ELS Add-On is limited to x86 architectures and is not available for Itanium. Customers are encouraged to migrate to newer supported RHEL versions for comprehensive support.

• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1990 (opens in a new tab)
• access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
• access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ (opens in a new tab)
• access.redhat.com/articles/64664 (opens in a new tab)
• security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_1990.json (opens in a new tab)

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