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* SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in gethostbyname_r and related
  functions
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2015-1781.diff: take alignment padding
    into account when computing if buffer is too small.
  - CVE-2015-1781
* SECURITY UPDATE: glibc Name Service Switch (NSS) denial of sevice
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2014-8121-1.diff: do not close NSS files
    database during iteration.
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2014-8121-2.diff: Separate internal state
    between getXXent and getXXbyYY NSS calls.
  - CVE-2014-8121
* SECURITY UPDATE: glibc unbounded stack usage in NaN strtod
  conversion
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2014-9761-1.diff: Refactor strtod parsing
    of NaN payloads.
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2014-9761-1.diff:  Fix nan functions
    handling of payload strings
  - CVE-2014-9761
* SECURITY UPDATE: out of range data to strftime() causes segfault
  (denial of service)
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2015-8776.diff: add range checks to
    strftime() processing
  - CVE-2015-8776
* SECURITY UPDATE: glibc honors LD_POINTER_GUARD env for setuid
  AT_SECURE programs (e.g. setuid), allowing disabling of pointer
  mangling
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2015-8777.diff: Always enable pointer
    guard
  - CVE-2015-8777
* SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow in hcreate and hcreate_r
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2015-8778.diff: check for large inputs
  - CVE-2015-8778
* SECURITY UPDATE: unbounded stack allocation in catopen()
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2015-8779.diff: stop using unbounded
    alloca()
  - CVE-2015-8779
* SECURITY UPDATE: Stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2016-3075.diff: do not make unneeded
    memory copy on the stack.
  - CVE-2016-3075
* SECURITY UPDATE: pt_chown privilege escalation
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2016-2856-pre.diff: add option to
    enable/disable pt_chown.
  - debian/patches/any/CVE-2016-2856.diff: grantpt: trust the kernel
    about pty group and permission mode
  - debian/debhelper.in/libc-bin.install: drop installation of
    pt_chown
  - CVE-2016-2856, CVE-2013-2207
* debian/debhelper.in/libc.postinst: add reboot notifications for
  security updates (LP: #1546457)