From 5ae5d956729165af72010bf5361170b6f2d58a94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vaibhav Sawate Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:33:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fix Base58 encoding/decoding --- ciphers/base58.py | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 142 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ciphers/base58.py diff --git a/ciphers/base58.py b/ciphers/base58.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2b950b1be37d --- /dev/null +++ b/ciphers/base58.py @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +B64_CHARSET = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/" + + +def base64_encode(data: bytes) -> bytes: + """Encodes data according to RFC4648. + + The data is first transformed to binary and appended with binary digits so that its + length becomes a multiple of 6, then each 6 binary digits will match a character in + the B64_CHARSET string. The number of appended binary digits would later determine + how many "=" signs should be added, the padding. + For every 2 binary digits added, a "=" sign is added in the output. + We can add any binary digits to make it a multiple of 6, for instance, consider the + following example: + "AA" -> 0010100100101001 -> 001010 010010 1001 + As can be seen above, 2 more binary digits should be added, so there's 4 + possibilities here: 00, 01, 10 or 11. + That being said, Base64 encoding can be used in Steganography to hide data in these + appended digits. + + >>> from base64 import b64encode + >>> a = b"This pull request is part of Hacktoberfest20!" + >>> b = b"https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648" + >>> c = b"A" + >>> base64_encode(a) == b64encode(a) + True + >>> base64_encode(b) == b64encode(b) + True + >>> base64_encode(c) == b64encode(c) + True + >>> base64_encode("abc") + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str' + """ + # Make sure the supplied data is a bytes-like object + if not isinstance(data, bytes): + msg = f"a bytes-like object is required, not '{data.__class__.__name__}'" + raise TypeError(msg) + + binary_stream = "".join(bin(byte)[2:].zfill(8) for byte in data) + + padding_needed = len(binary_stream) % 6 != 0 + + if padding_needed: + # The padding that will be added later + padding = b"=" * ((6 - len(binary_stream) % 6) // 2) + + # Append binary_stream with arbitrary binary digits (0's by default) to make its + # length a multiple of 6. + binary_stream += "0" * (6 - len(binary_stream) % 6) + else: + padding = b"" + + # Encode every 6 binary digits to their corresponding Base64 character + return ( + "".join( + B64_CHARSET[int(binary_stream[index : index + 6], 2)] + for index in range(0, len(binary_stream), 6) + ).encode() + + padding + ) + + +def base64_decode(encoded_data: str) -> bytes: + """Decodes data according to RFC4648. + + This does the reverse operation of base64_encode. + We first transform the encoded data back to a binary stream, take off the + previously appended binary digits according to the padding, at this point we + would have a binary stream whose length is multiple of 8, the last step is + to convert every 8 bits to a byte. + + >>> from base64 import b64decode + >>> a = "VGhpcyBwdWxsIHJlcXVlc3QgaXMgcGFydCBvZiBIYWNrdG9iZXJmZXN0MjAh" + >>> b = "aHR0cHM6Ly90b29scy5pZXRmLm9yZy9odG1sL3JmYzQ2NDg=" + >>> c = "QQ==" + >>> base64_decode(a) == b64decode(a) + True + >>> base64_decode(b) == b64decode(b) + True + >>> base64_decode(c) == b64decode(c) + True + >>> base64_decode("abc") + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + AssertionError: Incorrect padding + """ + # Make sure encoded_data is either a string or a bytes-like object + if not isinstance(encoded_data, bytes) and not isinstance(encoded_data, str): + msg = ( + "argument should be a bytes-like object or ASCII string, " + f"not '{encoded_data.__class__.__name__}'" + ) + raise TypeError(msg) + + # In case encoded_data is a bytes-like object, make sure it contains only + # ASCII characters so we convert it to a string object + if isinstance(encoded_data, bytes): + try: + encoded_data = encoded_data.decode("utf-8") + except UnicodeDecodeError: + raise ValueError("base64 encoded data should only contain ASCII characters") + + padding = encoded_data.count("=") + + # Check if the encoded string contains non base64 characters + if padding: + assert all( + char in B64_CHARSET for char in encoded_data[:-padding] + ), "Invalid base64 character(s) found." + else: + assert all( + char in B64_CHARSET for char in encoded_data + ), "Invalid base64 character(s) found." + + # Check the padding + assert len(encoded_data) % 4 == 0 and padding < 3, "Incorrect padding" + + if padding: + # Remove padding if there is one + encoded_data = encoded_data[:-padding] + + binary_stream = "".join( + bin(B64_CHARSET.index(char))[2:].zfill(6) for char in encoded_data + )[: -padding * 2] + else: + binary_stream = "".join( + bin(B64_CHARSET.index(char))[2:].zfill(6) for char in encoded_data + ) + + data = [ + int(binary_stream[index : index + 8], 2) + for index in range(0, len(binary_stream), 8) + ] + + return bytes(data) + + +if __name__ == "__main__": + import doctest + + doctest.testmod()