[CentOS] when RedHat makes patches for only some versions

[Leon Fauster]

Am 10.12.2015 um 16:16 schrieb Noam Bernstein <noam.bernstein at nrl.navy.mil>:
> I guess this is really a RedHat, not CentOS question, but I’m hoping that someone here will be familiar enough with the upstream policy to have some useful information.
> 
> How does RedHat decide which versions to release patches for, e.g. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7613 <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7613> which has only a RH7 erratum, not 6?  And are they likely to eventually release a fix for this type of issue for RH6?



Generally defined by the production phases:  
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

It explains not all but at least the big picture ...

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LF