Handle binascii.Error from base64.b64decode()

In Python 3, the base64.b64decode function raises binascii.Error (a ValueError
subclass) when it finds incorrect padding. In Python 2 it raises TypeError.

Callers should usually handle ValueError; unless they are specifically
concerned with handling base64 padding issues).

In some cases, callers should handle ValueError:
- ipalib.pkcs10 (get_friendlyname, load_certificate_request): callers should
  handle ValueError
- ipalib.x509 (load_certificate*, get_*): callers should handle ValueError

In other cases ValueError is handled:
- ipalib.parameters
- ipapython.ssh
- ipalib.rpc (json_decode_binary - callers already expect ValueError)
- ipaserver.install.ldapupdate

Elsewhere no error handling is done, because values come from trusted
sources, or are pre-validated:
- vault plugin
- ipaserver.install.cainstance
- ipaserver.install.certs
- ipaserver.install.ipa_otptoken_import

Reviewed-By: Tomas Babej <tbabej@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ipalib/parameters.py b/ipalib/parameters.py
index ef8814eeb..dadd87d6a 100644
--- a/ipalib/parameters.py
+++ b/ipalib/parameters.py
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ class Bytes(Data):
         if isinstance(value, unicode):
             try:
                 value = base64.b64decode(value)
-            except TypeError as e:
+            except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
                 raise Base64DecodeError(reason=str(e))
         return super(Bytes, self)._convert_scalar(value, index)