From b46412fb17e8bfc6c9e1f144bbcf833320c80f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siddhesh Poyarekar Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 09:31:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 21/81] Add NEWS entry for CVE-2022-39046 (cherry picked from commit 76fe56020e7ef354685b2284580ac1630c078a2b) --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 757ded85e0..10a7613f09 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ using `glibc' in the "product" field. Version 2.36.1 +Security related changes: + + CVE-2022-39046: When the syslog function is passed a crafted input + string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the + heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a + portion of the contents of the heap. + The following bugs are resolved with this release: [28846] CMSG_NXTHDR may trigger -Wstrict-overflow warning -- 2.19.1.6.gb485710b