Red Hat: 2014:1050-01: openstack-ceilometer: Important Advisory
Summary
OpenStack Telemetry (ceilometer) collects customer usage data for metering
purposes. Telemetry implements bus listener, push, and polling agents for
data collection; this data is stored in a database and presented via the
REST API. In addition, Telemetry's extensible design means it can be
optionally extended to gather customized data sets.
It was found that authentication tokens were not properly sanitized from
the message queue by the notifier middleware. An attacker with read access
to the message queue could possibly use this flaw to intercept an
authentication token and gain elevated privileges. Note that all services
using the notifier middleware configured after the auth_token middleware
pipeline were affected. (CVE-2014-4615)
This update also fixes the following bug:
* An incompatibility issue was found with the recent update of the
python-qpid package. This caused several OpenStack services, including
OpenStack Telemetry, to malfunction. By updating the RPC code, this issue
is now resolved. (BZ#1116462)
All OpenStack Telemetry users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which correct these issues.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-4615.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0:
Source:
openstack-ceilometer-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch:
openstack-ceilometer-alarm-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-ceilometer-api-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-ceilometer-central-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-ceilometer-collector-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-ceilometer-common-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-ceilometer-compute-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
python-ceilometer-2013.2.3-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Topic
Updated OpenStack Telemetry packages that fix one security issue and onebug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1112945 - CVE-2014-4615 pycadf: token leak to message queue
1116462 - RHOSP 4 is incompatible with python-qpid >= 0.18-11