Ubuntu 23.10: USN-6493-1 High: hibagent Security Improvement

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November 21, 2023

A security improvement was added to hibagent.

Summary

A security improvement was added to hibagent.

Software Description:

- hibagent: Agent that triggers hibernation on EC2 instances

Details:

On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the hibagent package has been

updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1 uses an insecure protocol and is

no longer recommended.

In addition, on all releases, hibagent has been updated to do nothing if

ODH is configured.

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue system update ubuntu hibagent

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10:
   hibagent                        1.0.1+git20230216.9ac1209f7-0ubuntu1.23.10.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
   hibagent                        1.0.1+git20230216.9ac1209f7-0ubuntu1.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   hibagent                        1.0.1-0ubuntu2.22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   hibagent                        1.0.1-0ubuntu1.20.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.