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RHEL 2.1 : redhat-release (EOL Notice) (RHSA-2008:0521)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33087

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans 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 will end on May 31, 2009.

After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the technical support services, bug fix, enhancement, and security errata updates for the following products :

* 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

Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 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.

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

Update the affected redhat-release-as, redhat-release-es and / or redhat-release-ws packages.

See Also

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0521.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33087

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0521.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-release-as, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-release-es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-release-ws

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2008

Reference Information

RHSA: 2008:0521