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

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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