Update NEWS and ChangeLog for CVE-2017-15671

(cherry picked from commit 914c9994d27b80bc3b71c483e801a4f04e269ba6)

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@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ Security related changes:
   on the stack or the heap, depending on the length of the user name).
   Reported by Tim Rühsen.
 
+  CVE-2017-15671: The glob function, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE,
+  would sometimes fail to free memory allocated during ~ operator
+  processing, leading to a memory leak and, potentially, to a denial
+  of service.
+
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   [16750] ldd: Never run file directly.