(RHSA-2014:1050) Important: openstack-ceilometer security and bug fix update

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.