2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f3ea9c1f..1bb240f81 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-12-08  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+	* NEWS: Update.
+
 2009-11-28  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	do not put world-writable directories in distribution tarballs
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 998b161de..2a317b2fc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Bugs fixes in 1.9.6a:
 * Longstanding bugs:
 
   - The distribution is tarred up with mode 755 now by the `dist*' targets.
+    This fixes a race condition where untrusted users could modify files
+    in the $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) distdir before packing if the toplevel
+    build directory was world-searchable.  This is CVE-2009-4029.
+
 
 Bugs fixed in 1.9.6: