NEWS entry for CVE-2016-3075

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Florian Weimer 2016-04-29 10:47:40 +02:00
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Security related changes: Security related changes:
* An unnecessary stack copy in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r was removed. It
could result in a stack overflow when getnetbyname was called with an
overly long name. (CVE-2016-3075)
* Previously, getaddrinfo copied large amounts of address data to the stack, * Previously, getaddrinfo copied large amounts of address data to the stack,
even after the fix for CVE-2013-4458 has been applied, potentially even after the fix for CVE-2013-4458 has been applied, potentially
resulting in a stack overflow. getaddrinfo now uses a heap allocation resulting in a stack overflow. getaddrinfo now uses a heap allocation