glob: Fix buffer overflow during GLOB_TILDE unescaping [BZ #22332]

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ Security related changes:
   processing, leading to a memory leak and, potentially, to a denial
   of service.
 
+  The glob function, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE and without
+  GLOB_NOESCAPE, could write past the end of a buffer while
+  unescaping user names.  Reported by Tim Rühsen.
+
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
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