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

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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -999,7 +999,9 @@
 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

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ Security related changes:
   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