[Bug 2045923] [NEW] AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration!

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Thank you @muhammedibnabdullah1401 for the original bug report!

[impact]

Currently there is a bug in the AIDE package on Ubuntu where it would
fail to run on certain sources and return error code 17.

The fix has already been merged into Debian and this is a simple back-
port of that patch.

Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008277

Debian patch:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/aide/-/commit/f946d19f4fd430c37aa4218be7453052eae18b74

[Test Plan]

1- Install the aide package: % sudo apt install aide -y
2- Add a corrupted sources file as the one mentioned in the original description
3- run aide and the following error will appear:
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*          AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration!           *
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[Where problems could occur]

* other files might start returning the same error and cause aide to
crash with the same error code 17, although this risk is minimal since
this change has been in Debian for over 2 years now with no issues


[original description]

Hi,
After i installed protonvpn, i got this error. aide didnt start anymore.
aide version: 0.17.4.1
ubuntu 22.04 LTS pro,

Error code below:

"

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*          AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration!           *
******************************************************************************

AIDE error output (1 lines):
  ERROR: /etc/aide/aide.conf.d/31_aide_apt (stdout):263:65: error in rule '/var/lib/apt/lists/repo\.protonvpn\.com_debian_dists_stable_https://esm.ubuntu.com/cis/ubuntu_binary-(amd64|all)_Packages(\.diff_Index)?$': invalid double slash (line: '/var/lib/apt/lists/repo\\.protonvpn\\.com_debian_dists_stable_https://esm.ubuntu.com/cis/ubuntu_binary-@@{APT_ARCH}_Packages(\\.diff_Index)?$ f VarFile')
End of AIDE error output
AIDE detected no changes.

End of AIDE daily cron job at 2023-11-26 08:00, run time 3 seconds
funny, AIDE did not leave a log.

"

Can you help me.
Thanks.

** Affects: aide (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Ghadi Rahme (ghadi-rahme)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: aide (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Ghadi Rahme (ghadi-rahme)
         Status: New

** Affects: aide (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Fix Released


** Tags: aide protonvpn
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 AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration!  
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045923
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