security_db: encode data before passing it to base64

In python3, base64 takes bytes.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/security_db.py b/lib/python/security_db.py
index a3d3052cb2..c179f6d91f 100644
--- a/lib/python/security_db.py
+++ b/lib/python/security_db.py
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ class DB:
                              kind, urgency_to_flag[urgency], remote,
                              fix_available,
                              package, fixed_version, description))
-        result = base64.encodestring(zlib.compress(''.join(result), 9))
+        result = base64.encodestring(zlib.compress(''.join(result).encode('utf-8'), 9))
 
         c.execute(
             "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO debsecan_data (name, data) VALUES (?, ?)",
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ class DB:
         source_packages.sort()
 
         def store_value(name, value):
-            value = base64.encodestring(zlib.compress(value, 9))
+            value = base64.encodestring(zlib.compress(value.encode('utf-8'), 9))
             c.execute("""INSERT OR REPLACE INTO debsecan_data
             VALUES (?, ?)""", (name, value))
 
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ class DB:
         """Returns the debsecan data item NAME."""
         for (data,) in self.cursor().execute(
             "SELECT data FROM debsecan_data WHERE name = ?", (name,)):
-            return base64.decodestring(data)
+            return base64.decodestring(data.encode('utf-8'))
         else:
             return None