[rhelv6-list] glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.1 (latest RHEL-7 update) is not available

[Phil Perry]

On 31/08/14 19:20, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> I know this list is for RHEL-6 but I'm posting an issue on RHEL-7
> hoping some RedHatter is reading the post.
> 
> FYI, I have opened a support case (#01182854) but the responder did
> not 'get the message'. I also started a thread on the community
> discussion page. No response there. This is why I came to the mailing
> list. (end of preamble)
> 
> An important security update to glibc was announced on Aug 29, 2014:
> 
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
> Advisory: RHSA-2014:1110-1
> 
> However, as of Aug 31, the version for RHEL-7 (glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.1)
> is still not available.
> 
> (1) yum does not find it.
> 
> (2) An attempt to download directly from the 'Download' site [1] leads
> to an "Oops!" page with a note "The page you requested was not found".
> 
> Regards,
> Akemi
> 
> [1] https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/rhel---7/x86_64/2456/glibc/2.17-55.el7_0.1/x86_64/fd431d51/package
> 

I see the same thing here across multiple systems:

[phil at rhel7 ~]$ rpm -q glibc
glibc-2.17-55.el7.x86_64


[phil at rhel7 ~]$ sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
No packages marked for update

hmm, hope there are no exploits yet.