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vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.6 source package in Ubuntu

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vim (2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.6) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Use-after-free issue in regular expression engine when
    using a mark, could lead to a denial of service or code execution.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-3974.patch: Ensure check for free is made when
      processing mark in src/regexp_nfa.c, src/testdir/test_regexp_latin.vim
    - CVE-2021-3974

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Heap-based buffer overflow could lead to a denial of
    service or possible code execution when C-indenting
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-3984.patch: Fix memory access issue by correctly
      dereferencing cursor position in src/cindent.c and
      src/testdir/test_cindent.vim
    - CVE-2021-3984

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Heap-based buffer overflow could lead to a denial of
    service when help functions are provided with long command strings
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-4019.patch: Fix handling of strcpy to use safer
      vim_snprintf in src/ex_cmds.c and src/testdir/test_help.vim
    - CVE-2021-4019

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Use-after-free issue in open command can lead to a denial
    of service or possible code execution
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-4069.patch: Fix issue making a copy of the
      current line and its address in src/ex_docmd.c
    - CVE-2021-4069

 -- Ray Veldkamp <email address hidden>  Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:59:01 +1100

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vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax
 highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename
 completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
 .
 This package contains a version of vim compiled with a rather
 standard set of features. This package does not provide a GUI
 version of Vim. See the other vim-* packages if you need more
 (or less).

vim-athena: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with Athena GUI

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax
 highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename
 completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
 .
 This package contains a version of vim compiled with a Athena GUI
 and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, Ruby, and Tcl.

vim-athena-dbgsym: debug symbols for vim-athena
vim-common: Vi IMproved - Common files

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 This package contains files shared by all non GUI-enabled vim variants
 available in Debian. Examples of such shared files are: manpages and
 configuration files.

vim-dbgsym: debug symbols for vim
vim-doc: Vi IMproved - HTML documentation

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 This package contains the HTML version of the online documentation. It is
 built from the runtime/doc directory of the source tree.

vim-gtk: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor (dummy package)

 This is a transitional package to install the vim-gtk3 package. You may
 remove this package if nothing depends on it.

vim-gtk3: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GTK3 GUI

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax
 highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename
 completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
 .
 This package contains a version of vim compiled with a GTK3 GUI
 and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, and Tcl.

vim-gtk3-dbgsym: debug symbols for vim-gtk3
vim-gui-common: Vi IMproved - Common GUI files

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 This package contains files shared by all GUI-enabled vim
 variants available in Debian. Examples of such shared files are:
 gvimtutor, icons, and desktop environments settings.

vim-nox: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with scripting languages support

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax
 highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename
 completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
 .
 This package contains a version of vim compiled with support for
 scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, Ruby, and Tcl but no GUI.

vim-nox-dbgsym: debug symbols for vim-nox
vim-runtime: Vi IMproved - Runtime files

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 This package contains vimtutor and the architecture independent runtime
 files, used, if available, by all vim variants available in Debian.
 Example of such runtime files are: online documentation, rules for
 language-specific syntax highlighting and indentation, color schemes,
 and standard plugins.

vim-tiny: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - compact version

 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
 .
 This package contains a minimal version of Vim compiled with no GUI and
 a small subset of features. This package's sole purpose is to provide
 the vi binary for base installations.
 .
 If a vim binary is wanted, try one of the following more featureful
 packages: vim, vim-nox, vim-athena, or vim-gtk3.

vim-tiny-dbgsym: debug symbols for vim-tiny
xxd: tool to make (or reverse) a hex dump

 xxd creates a hex dump of a given file or standard input. It can also convert
 a hex dump back to its original binary form.

xxd-dbgsym: debug symbols for xxd