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@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ Security related changes:
flooded with crafted ICMP and UDP messages. Reported by Aldy Hernandez'
alloca plugin for GCC. (CVE-2016-4429)
+* The IPv6 name server management code in libresolv could result in a memory
+ leak for each thread which is created, performs a failing naming lookup,
+ and exits. Over time, this could result in a denial of service due to
+ memory exhaustion. Reported by Matthias Schiffer. (CVE-2016-5417)
+
The following bugs are resolved with this release:
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