USN-6519-2: EC2 hibagent update

29 November 2023

A security improvement was added to EC2 hibagent.

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Releases

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.

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

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

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