CHANGES and NEWS updates for release

Add details about the latest issues fixed in the forthcoming release.

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
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--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  OpenSSL CHANGES
  _______________
 
- Changes between 1.0.2e and 1.1.0  [xx XXX xxxx]
+ Changes between 1.0.2f and 1.1.0  [xx XXX xxxx]
 
   *) Removed many obsolete configuration items, including
         DES_PTR, DES_RISC1, DES_RISC2, DES_INT
@@ -720,6 +720,50 @@
      whose return value is often ignored. 
      [Steve Henson]
 
+ Changes between 1.0.2e and 1.0.2f [28 Jan 2016]
+  *) DH small subgroups
+
+     Historically OpenSSL only ever generated DH parameters based on "safe"
+     primes. More recently (in version 1.0.2) support was provided for
+     generating X9.42 style parameter files such as those required for RFC 5114
+     support. The primes used in such files may not be "safe". Where an
+     application is using DH configured with parameters based on primes that are
+     not "safe" then an attacker could use this fact to find a peer's private
+     DH exponent. This attack requires that the attacker complete multiple
+     handshakes in which the peer uses the same private DH exponent. For example
+     this could be used to discover a TLS server's private DH exponent if it's
+     reusing the private DH exponent or it's using a static DH ciphersuite.
+
+     OpenSSL provides the option SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE for ephemeral DH (DHE) in
+     TLS. It is not on by default. If the option is not set then the server
+     reuses the same private DH exponent for the life of the server process and
+     would be vulnerable to this attack. It is believed that many popular
+     applications do set this option and would therefore not be at risk.
+
+     The fix for this issue adds an additional check where a "q" parameter is
+     available (as is the case in X9.42 based parameters). This detects the
+     only known attack, and is the only possible defense for static DH
+     ciphersuites. This could have some performance impact.
+
+     Additionally the SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE option has been switched on by
+     default and cannot be disabled. This could have some performance impact.
+
+     This issue was reported to OpenSSL by Antonio Sanso (Adobe).
+     (CVE-2016-0701)
+     [Matt Caswell]
+
+  *) SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers
+
+     A malicious client can negotiate SSLv2 ciphers that have been disabled on
+     the server and complete SSLv2 handshakes even if all SSLv2 ciphers have
+     been disabled, provided that the SSLv2 protocol was not also disabled via
+     SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2.
+
+     This issue was reported to OpenSSL on 26th December 2015 by Nimrod Aviram
+     and Sebastian Schinzel.
+     (CVE-2015-3197)
+     [Viktor Dukhovni]
+
  Changes between 1.0.2d and 1.0.2e [3 Dec 2015]
 
   *) BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
   release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
 
-  Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2e and OpenSSL 1.1.0 [in pre-release]
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2f and OpenSSL 1.1.0 [in pre-release]
 
       o Support for ChaCha20 and Poly1305 added to libcrypto and libssl
       o Support for extended master secret
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
         directory location rather than --openssldir.  The latter becomes
         the directory for certs, private key and openssl.cnf exclusively.
 
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2e and OpenSSL 1.0.2f [28 Jan 2016]
+
+      o DH small subgroups (CVE-2016-0701)
+      o SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers (CVE-2015-3197)
+
   Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2d and OpenSSL 1.0.2e [3 Dec 2015]
 
       o BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64 (CVE-2015-3193)