[Bug 1512845] [NEW] Escape plus character in apt HTTPS requests to work around Amazon S3 bug

Tue Nov 3 19:11:13 UTC 2015

Public bug reported:

As noted in bug#1003633, S3 is broken when a + sign exists unless it is
escaped.  This was fixed in 2013 for http based repos.  However, it is
still broken for https based repositories.

apt-get install zimbra-openssl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  zimbra-openssl-lib
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  zimbra-openssl zimbra-openssl-lib
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,324 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,313 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl-lib amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04 [828 kB]
Err https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl-lib amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04
  HttpError403
Get:2 https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04 [497 kB]
Err https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04
  HttpError403
E: Failed to fetch https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl-lib_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb  HttpError403

E: Failed to fetch https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-
openssl/zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb  HttpError403

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
--fix-missing?

Escaping the + sign fixes the issue when testing with wget:

root at zre-ldap001:/home/quanah# wget https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1%2B14.04_amd64.deb
--2015-11-03 13:11:03--  https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1%2B14.04_amd64.deb
Resolving repo.zimbra.com (repo.zimbra.com)... 54.230.4.69, 54.230.6.152, 54.192.4.217, ...
Connecting to repo.zimbra.com (repo.zimbra.com)|54.230.4.69|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 496784 (485K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb’

100%[===================================================================================================================================================>]
496,784     1.62MB/s   in 0.3s

2015-11-03 13:11:04 (1.62 MB/s) - ‘zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-
1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb’ saved [496784/496784]

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Escape plus character in apt HTTPS requests to work around Amazon S3
  bug

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As noted in bug#1003633, S3 is broken when a + sign exists unless it
  is escaped.  This was fixed in 2013 for http based repos.  However, it
  is still broken for https based repositories.

  apt-get install zimbra-openssl
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    zimbra-openssl-lib
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    zimbra-openssl zimbra-openssl-lib
  0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 1,324 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 6,313 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
  Get:1 https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl-lib amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04 [828 kB]
  Err https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl-lib amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04
    HttpError403
  Get:2 https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04 [497 kB]
  Err https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/ trusty/zimbra zimbra-openssl amd64 1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04
    HttpError403
  E: Failed to fetch https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl-lib_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb  HttpError403

  E: Failed to fetch https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z
  /zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb
  HttpError403

  E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
  --fix-missing?

  Escaping the + sign fixes the issue when testing with wget:

  root at zre-ldap001:/home/quanah# wget https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1%2B14.04_amd64.deb
  --2015-11-03 13:11:03--  https://repo.zimbra.com/apt/87/pool/zimbra/z/zimbra-openssl/zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1%2B14.04_amd64.deb
  Resolving repo.zimbra.com (repo.zimbra.com)... 54.230.4.69, 54.230.6.152, 54.192.4.217, ...
  Connecting to repo.zimbra.com (repo.zimbra.com)|54.230.4.69|:443... connected.
  HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
  Length: 496784 (485K) [application/x-debian-package]
  Saving to: ‘zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb’

  100%[===================================================================================================================================================>]
  496,784     1.62MB/s   in 0.3s

  2015-11-03 13:11:04 (1.62 MB/s) - ‘zimbra-openssl_1.0.1p-
  1zimbra8.7b1+14.04_amd64.deb’ saved [496784/496784]

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