diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e2737d5f47..680f792685 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -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:
 
   [The release manager will add the list generated by