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@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
[23717] Fix stack overflow in stdlib/tst-setcontext9
[23821] si_band in siginfo_t has wrong type long int on sparc64
[23822] ia64 static libm.a is missing exp2f, log2f and powf symbols
+ [23927] Linux if_nametoindex() does not close descriptor (CVE-2018-19591)
+Security related changes:
+
+ CVE-2018-19591: A file descriptor leak in if_nametoindex can lead to a
+ denial of service due to resource exhaustion when processing getaddrinfo
+ calls with crafted host names. Reported by Guido Vranken.
Version 2.28