USN-6519-1: EC2 hibagent update
Publication date
28 November 2023
Overview
A security improvement was added to EC2 hibagent.
Releases
Packages
- 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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | ec2-hibinit-agent – 1.0.0-0ubuntu4~18.04.6+esm1 | ||
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