chore(ubunntu-base): update features to current versions

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This pull request updates the development container configuration for the Ubuntu base image to use newer versions of the common-utils and git features, and increments the image version. These changes ensure the container uses the latest features and security updates.

Dev container feature updates:

• Updated ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils from version 2.5.7 to 2.5.9 in both .devcontainer.json and .devcontainer-lock.json to incorporate the latest utilities and fixes. [1] [2]
• Updated ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git from version 1.3.5 to 1.3.8 in both .devcontainer.json and .devcontainer-lock.json for improved Git support and bug fixes. [1] [2]

Versioning:

• Bumped the image-version from 0.0.43 to 0.0.44 in .devcontainer.json to reflect the updated dependencies.

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Supresedes: #546

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Supersedes: #532

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Pull request overview

This pull request updates the ubuntu-base dev container configuration to use newer pinned versions of the common-utils and git Dev Container features, and bumps the container image version to reflect those dependency updates.

Changes:

• Bumped image-version from 0.0.43 to 0.0.44 for ubuntu-base.
• Updated ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils from 2.5.7 to 2.5.9.
• Updated ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git from 1.3.5 to 1.3.8, including lockfile digest updates.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
base-images/src/ubuntu-base/.devcontainer.json	Updates pinned feature versions and bumps the ubuntu-base image version.
base-images/src/ubuntu-base/.devcontainer-lock.json	Refreshes locked feature versions and their resolved digests to match the updated feature pins.

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