USN-6519-2: EC2 hibagent update

Publication date

29 November 2023

Overview

A security improvement was added to EC2 hibagent.

Releases


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Details

USN-6519-1 added IMDSv2 support to EC2 hibagent. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1
uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended.

USN-6519-1 added IMDSv2 support to EC2 hibagent. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1
uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial ec2-hibinit-agent –  1.0.0-0ubuntu4~16.04.4+esm1  

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