Issued:
2025-12-17
Updated:
2025-12-17

RHBA-2025:23465 - tzdata bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

tzdata bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for tzdata is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION.

Description

The tzdata packages contain data files with rules for various time zones.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Update to tzdata-2025c [rhel 6]: Updated leap seconds files to extend the expiration date of the leap second data. (JIRA:RHEL-135217)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x

Updated Packages

  • tzdata-2025c-1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • tzdata-java-2025c-1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • tzdata-2025c-1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information