Record CVE-2018-6551 in NEWS and ChangeLog [BZ #22774]

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2018-01-18 Arjun Shankar <arjun@redhat.com>
[BZ #22343]
[BZ #22774]
CVE-2018-6485
CVE-2018-6551
* malloc/malloc.c (checked_request2size): call REQUEST_OUT_OF_RANGE
after padding.
(_int_memalign): check for integer overflow before calling

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an object size near the value of SIZE_MAX, would return a pointer to a
buffer which is too small, instead of NULL. Reported by Jakub Wilk.
CVE-2018-6551: The malloc function, when called with an object size near
the value of SIZE_MAX, would return a pointer to a buffer which is too
small, instead of NULL.
The following bugs are resolved with this release:
[866] glob: glob should match dangling symlinks