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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-10-22 09:29:52 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-10-22 09:29:52 +0200
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Update NEWS and ChangeLog for CVE-2017-15671
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 	All uses removed.
 
 	[BZ #1062]
+	CVE-2017-15671
 	* posix/Makefile (routines): Add globfree, globfree64, and
 	glob_pattern_p.
 	* posix/flexmember.h: New file.
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@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ Security related changes:
   on the stack or the heap, depending on the length of the user name).
   Reported by Tim Rühsen.
 
+  CVE-2017-15671: The glob function, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE,
+  would sometimes fail to free memory allocated during ~ operator
+  processing, leading to a memory leak and, potentially, to a denial
+  of service.
+
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   [The release manager will add the list generated by