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
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916050
Title:
Invalid base64 for high-bit characters
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1916050/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
