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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-12-14 15:18:38 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-12-14 15:27:08 +0100
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elf: Compute correct array size in _dl_init_paths [BZ #22606]
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@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ Security related changes:
   instead of NULL.  This was a regression introduced with the new malloc
   thread cache in glibc 2.26.  Reported by Iain Buclaw.
 
+  CVE-2017-1000408: Incorrect array size computation in _dl_init_paths leads
+  to the allocation of too much memory.  (This is not a security bug per se,
+  it is mentioned here only because of the CVE assignment.)  Reported by
+  Qualys.
+
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   [The release manager will add the list generated by