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[Julian Andres Klode <1916050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]
The Base64Encode function incorrectly encodes using char instead of uint8_t, leading to characters with the high bit set to be encoded wrongly. This function is used for base authentication, and high bits are set for UTF-8 character sequences, so it's likely affecting people with utf-8 user names and passwords and might cause them to be denied access to their https resources (though arguably they'd work around that).

[Test case]
A unit test has been added that checks that the encoding is correct.

[Where problems could occur]
This only affects the base64 encoding function, which is only used for quoting user names and passwords in basic auth in http, but it's also exposed to library users and like in python-apt, so problems could occur wherever they use that base64 encoding function as well.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Groovy)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Hirsute)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Groovy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Hirsute)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Hirsute)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Groovy)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Groovy)
       Status: Triaged => Confirmed

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Groovy)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  Invalid base64 for high-bit characters

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed
Status in apt source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed
Status in apt source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in apt source package in Groovy:
  Triaged
Status in apt source package in Hirsute:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  The Base64Encode function incorrectly encodes using char instead of uint8_t, leading to characters with the high bit set to be encoded wrongly. This function is used for base authentication, and high bits are set for UTF-8 character sequences, so it's likely affecting people with utf-8 user names and passwords and might cause them to be denied access to their https resources (though arguably they'd work around that).

  [Test case]
  A unit test has been added that checks that the encoding is correct.

  [Where problems could occur]
  This only affects the base64 encoding function, which is only used for quoting user names and passwords in basic auth in http, but it's also exposed to library users and like in python-apt, so problems could occur wherever they use that base64 encoding function as well.

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