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

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical security patch for hibagent in Ubuntu fortifies system resilience against threats. Discover additional information.
A security improvement was added to hibagent.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 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.

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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.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6493-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6493-1

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security advisory security issue system update ubuntu hibagent

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hibagent/1.0.1+git20230216.9ac1209f7-0ubuntu1.23.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hibagent/1.0.1-0ubuntu2.22.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hibagent/1.0.1-0ubuntu1.20.04.2

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