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Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 LTS USN-6493-2 Moderate: Hibagent Update

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A significant system patch boosts protection on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS installations, elevating sleep mode functionality.
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:

USN-6493-1 fixed a vulnerability in hibagent. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 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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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Ubuntu hibagent

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  hibagent                        1.0.1-0ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  hibagent                        1.0.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1+esm1

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

References

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

https://launchpad.net/bugs/

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6493-2

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Ubuntu hibagent

Package Information

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