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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-6519-1 critical: EC2 hibagent IMDSv2 support

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Calendar Grey November 28, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu USN-6519-1 enhances ec2-hibinit-agent security by enforcing IMDSv2, promoting session-based requests to combat metadata exposure vulnerabilities
A security improvement was added to EC2 hibagent.

Summary

A security improvement was added to EC2 hibagent.

Software Description:

- ec2-hibinit-agent: Amazon EC2 hibernation agent

Details:

The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1

uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  ec2-hibinit-agent               1.0.0-0ubuntu4~18.04.6+esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6519-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6519-1

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