Adding upstream version 1.8.2.3.upstream/1.8.2.3upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

15 files changed, 1916 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt b/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0de7d9c
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+++ b/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+add_executable(mthdcat mthdcat.cc)
+target_link_libraries(mthdcat apt-pkg)
+add_executable(testdeb testdeb.cc)
+target_link_libraries(testdeb apt-pkg apt-inst)
+add_executable(extract-control extract-control.cc)
+target_link_libraries(extract-control apt-pkg apt-inst)
+add_executable(aptwebserver aptwebserver.cc)
+target_link_libraries(aptwebserver apt-pkg  ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+add_executable(aptdropprivs aptdropprivs.cc)
+target_link_libraries(aptdropprivs apt-pkg)
+add_executable(test_fileutl test_fileutl.cc)
+target_link_libraries(test_fileutl apt-pkg)
+add_executable(createdeb-cve-2020-27350 createdeb-cve-2020-27350.cc)
+
+
+add_library(noprofile SHARED libnoprofile.c)
+target_link_libraries(noprofile ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/aptdropprivs.cc b/test/interactive-helper/aptdropprivs.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cc04f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/aptdropprivs.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <apt-pkg/cmndline.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/configuration.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(int const argc, const char * argv[])
+{
+   CommandLine::Args Args[] = {
+      {'c',"config-file",0,CommandLine::ConfigFile},
+      {'o',"option",0,CommandLine::ArbItem},
+      {0, "user", "APT::Sandbox::User", CommandLine::HasArg},
+      {0,0,0,0}
+   };
+
+   CommandLine CmdL(Args, _config);
+   if(CmdL.Parse(argc,argv) == false || DropPrivileges() == false)
+   {
+      _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr, GlobalError::DEBUG);
+      return 42;
+   }
+
+   return execv(CmdL.FileList[0], const_cast<char**>(CmdL.FileList));
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/aptwebserver.cc b/test/interactive-helper/aptwebserver.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2243cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/aptwebserver.cc
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+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <apt-pkg/cmndline.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/configuration.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
+
+#include "teestream.h"
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <regex.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <list>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+static std::string HTMLEncode(std::string encode)			/*{{{*/
+{
+   constexpr std::array<std::array<char const *,2>,6> htmlencode = {{
+      {{ "&", "&amp;" }},
+      {{ "<", "&lt;" }},
+      {{ ">", "&gt;" }},
+      {{ "\"", "&quot;" }},
+      {{ "'", "&#x27;" }},
+      {{ "/", "&#x2F;" }},
+   }};
+   for (auto &&h: htmlencode)
+      encode = SubstVar(encode, h[0], h[1]);
+   return encode;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static std::string httpcodeToStr(int const httpcode)			/*{{{*/
+{
+   switch (httpcode)
+   {
+      // Informational 1xx
+      case 100: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::100", "100 Continue");
+      case 101: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::101", "101 Switching Protocols");
+      // Successful 2xx
+      case 200: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::200", "200 OK");
+      case 201: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::201", "201 Created");
+      case 202: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::202", "202 Accepted");
+      case 203: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::203", "203 Non-Authoritative Information");
+      case 204: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::204", "204 No Content");
+      case 205: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::205", "205 Reset Content");
+      case 206: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::206", "206 Partial Content");
+      // Redirections 3xx
+      case 300: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::300", "300 Multiple Choices");
+      case 301: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::301", "301 Moved Permanently");
+      case 302: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::302", "302 Found");
+      case 303: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::303", "303 See Other");
+      case 304: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::304", "304 Not Modified");
+      case 305: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::305", "305 Use Proxy");
+      case 307: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::307", "307 Temporary Redirect");
+      case 308: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::308", "308 Permanent Redirect");
+      // Client errors 4xx
+      case 400: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::400", "400 Bad Request");
+      case 401: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::401", "401 Unauthorized");
+      case 402: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::402", "402 Payment Required");
+      case 403: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::403", "403 Forbidden");
+      case 404: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::404", "404 Not Found");
+      case 405: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::405", "405 Method Not Allowed");
+      case 406: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::406", "406 Not Acceptable");
+      case 407: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::407", "407 Proxy Authentication Required");
+      case 408: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::408", "408 Request Time-out");
+      case 409: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::409", "409 Conflict");
+      case 410: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::410", "410 Gone");
+      case 411: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::411", "411 Length Required");
+      case 412: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::412", "412 Precondition Failed");
+      case 413: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::413", "413 Request Entity Too Large");
+      case 414: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::414", "414 Request-URI Too Large");
+      case 415: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::415", "415 Unsupported Media Type");
+      case 416: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::416", "416 Requested range not satisfiable");
+      case 417: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::417", "417 Expectation Failed");
+      case 418: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::418", "418 I'm a teapot");
+      // Server error 5xx
+      case 500: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::500", "500 Internal Server Error");
+      case 501: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::501", "501 Not Implemented");
+      case 502: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::502", "502 Bad Gateway");
+      case 503: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::503", "503 Service Unavailable");
+      case 504: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::504", "504 Gateway Time-out");
+      case 505: return _config->Find("aptwebserver::httpcode::505", "505 HTTP Version not supported");
+   }
+   std::string codeconf, code;
+   strprintf(codeconf, "aptwebserver::httpcode::%i", httpcode);
+   strprintf(code, "%i Unknown HTTP code", httpcode);
+   return _config->Find(codeconf, code);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool chunkedTransferEncoding(std::list<std::string> const &headers)/*{{{*/
+{
+   if (std::find(headers.begin(), headers.end(), "Transfer-Encoding: chunked") != headers.end())
+      return true;
+   if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::chunked-transfer-encoding", false) == true)
+      return true;
+   return false;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool contentTypeSet(std::list<std::string> const &headers)	/*{{{*/
+{
+   return std::any_of(headers.begin(), headers.end(), [](std::string const &h) { return APT::String::Startswith(h, "Content-Type:"); });
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+// contentTypeFromExtension						/*{{{*/
+static std::string contentTypeFromExtension(std::string const &ext)
+{
+   auto t = _config->Find(std::string("aptwebserver::content-type::by-extension::").append(ext));
+   if (APT::String::Startswith(t, "text/"))
+      return t.append("; charset=utf-8");
+   return t;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void addFileHeaders(std::list<std::string> &headers, FileFd &data)/*{{{*/
+{
+   if (chunkedTransferEncoding(headers) == false)
+   {
+      std::ostringstream contentlength;
+      contentlength << "Content-Length: " << data.FileSize();
+      headers.push_back(contentlength.str());
+   }
+   if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::support::last-modified", true) == true)
+   {
+      std::string lastmodified("Last-Modified: ");
+      lastmodified.append(TimeRFC1123(data.ModificationTime(), false));
+      headers.push_back(lastmodified);
+   }
+   if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::content-type::guess", true) &&
+       data.FileSize() != 0 &&
+       contentTypeSet(headers) == false)
+   {
+      std::string const name = data.Name();
+      std::string ext = flExtension(name);
+      if (name.empty() == false && ext.empty() == false && name != ext)
+      {
+	 std::transform(ext.begin(), ext.end(), ext.begin(), ::tolower);
+	 auto const type = contentTypeFromExtension(ext);
+	 if (type.empty() == false)
+	    headers.push_back(std::string("Content-Type: ").append(type));
+      }
+   }
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void addDataHeaders(std::list<std::string> &headers, std::string &data)/*{{{*/
+{
+   if (chunkedTransferEncoding(headers) == false)
+   {
+      std::ostringstream contentlength;
+      contentlength << "Content-Length: " << data.size();
+      headers.push_back(contentlength.str());
+   }
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool sendHead(std::ostream &log, int const client, int const httpcode, std::list<std::string> &headers)/*{{{*/
+{
+   std::string response("HTTP/1.1 ");
+   response.append(httpcodeToStr(httpcode));
+   headers.push_front(response);
+   _config->Set("APTWebserver::Last-Status-Code", httpcode);
+
+   std::stringstream buffer;
+   auto const empties = _config->FindVector("aptwebserver::empty-response-header");
+   for (auto const &e: empties)
+      buffer << e << ":" << std::endl;
+   _config->Dump(buffer, "aptwebserver::response-header", "%t: %v%n", false);
+   std::vector<std::string> addheaders = VectorizeString(buffer.str(), '\n');
+   for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator h = addheaders.begin(); h != addheaders.end(); ++h)
+      headers.push_back(*h);
+
+   std::string date("Date: ");
+   date.append(TimeRFC1123(time(NULL), false));
+   headers.push_back(date);
+
+   if (chunkedTransferEncoding(headers) == true)
+      headers.push_back("Transfer-Encoding: chunked");
+
+   log << ">>> RESPONSE to " << client << " >>>" << std::endl;
+   bool Success = true;
+   for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator h = headers.begin();
+	Success == true && h != headers.end(); ++h)
+   {
+      Success &= FileFd::Write(client, h->c_str(), h->size());
+      if (Success == true)
+	 Success &= FileFd::Write(client, "\r\n", 2);
+      log << *h << std::endl;
+   }
+   if (Success == true)
+      Success &= FileFd::Write(client, "\r\n", 2);
+   log << "<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" << std::endl;
+   return Success;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool sendFile(int const client, std::list<std::string> const &headers, FileFd &data)/*{{{*/
+{
+   bool Success = true;
+   bool const chunked = chunkedTransferEncoding(headers);
+   char buffer[500];
+   unsigned long long actual = 0;
+   while ((Success &= data.Read(buffer, sizeof(buffer), &actual)) == true)
+   {
+      if (actual == 0)
+	 break;
+
+      if (chunked == true)
+      {
+	 std::string size;
+	 strprintf(size, "%llX\r\n", actual);
+	 Success &= FileFd::Write(client, size.c_str(), size.size());
+	 Success &= FileFd::Write(client, buffer, actual);
+	 Success &= FileFd::Write(client, "\r\n", strlen("\r\n"));
+      }
+      else
+	 Success &= FileFd::Write(client, buffer, actual);
+   }
+   if (chunked == true)
+   {
+      char const * const finish = "0\r\n\r\n";
+      Success &= FileFd::Write(client, finish, strlen(finish));
+   }
+   if (Success == false)
+      std::cerr << "SENDFILE:" << (chunked ? " CHUNKED" : "") << " READ/WRITE ERROR to " << client << std::endl;
+   return Success;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool sendData(int const client, std::list<std::string> const &headers, std::string const &data)/*{{{*/
+{
+   if (chunkedTransferEncoding(headers) == true)
+   {
+      unsigned long long const ullsize = data.length();
+      std::string size;
+      strprintf(size, "%llX\r\n", ullsize);
+      char const * const finish = "\r\n0\r\n\r\n";
+      if (FileFd::Write(client, size.c_str(), size.length()) == false ||
+	    FileFd::Write(client, data.c_str(), ullsize) == false ||
+	    FileFd::Write(client, finish, strlen(finish)) == false)
+      {
+	 std::cerr << "SENDDATA: CHUNK WRITE ERROR to " << client << std::endl;
+	 return false;
+      }
+   }
+   else if (FileFd::Write(client, data.c_str(), data.size()) == false)
+   {
+      std::cerr << "SENDDATA: WRITE ERROR to " << client << std::endl;
+      return false;
+   }
+   return true;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void sendError(std::ostream &log, int const client, int const httpcode, std::string const &request,/*{{{*/
+	       bool const content, std::string const &error, std::list<std::string> &headers)
+{
+   auto const quotedCode = HTMLEncode(httpcodeToStr(httpcode));
+   std::string response("<!doctype html><html><head><title>");
+   response.append(quotedCode).append("</title><meta charset=\"utf-8\" /></head>");
+   response.append("<body><h1>").append(quotedCode).append("</h1>");
+   if (httpcode != 200)
+      response.append("<p><em>Error</em>: ");
+   else
+      response.append("<p><em>Success</em>: ");
+   if (error.empty() == false)
+      response.append(HTMLEncode(error));
+   else
+      response.append(quotedCode);
+   if (httpcode != 200)
+      response.append("</p>This error is a result of the request: <pre>");
+   else
+      response.append("The successfully executed operation was requested by: <pre>");
+   response.append(HTMLEncode(request)).append("</pre></body></html>");
+   if (httpcode != 200)
+   {
+      if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::closeOnError", false) == true)
+	 headers.push_back("Connection: close");
+   }
+   addDataHeaders(headers, response);
+
+   if (contentTypeSet(headers) == false)
+      headers.push_back("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
+
+   sendHead(log, client, httpcode, headers);
+   if (content == true)
+      sendData(client, headers, response);
+}
+static void sendSuccess(std::ostream &log, int const client, std::string const &request,
+	       bool const content, std::string const &error, std::list<std::string> &headers)
+{
+   sendError(log, client, 200, request, content, error, headers);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void sendRedirect(std::ostream &log, int const client, int const httpcode,/*{{{*/
+		  std::string const &uri, std::string const &request, bool content)
+{
+   std::list<std::string> headers;
+   auto const quotedCode = HTMLEncode(httpcodeToStr(httpcode));
+   std::string response("<!doctype html><html><head><title>");
+   response.append(quotedCode).append("</title><meta charset=\"utf-8\" /></head>");
+   response.append("<body><h1>").append(quotedCode).append("</h1");
+   response.append("<p>You should be redirected to <em>").append(HTMLEncode(uri)).append("</em></p>");
+   response.append("This page is a result of the request: <pre>");
+   response.append(HTMLEncode(request)).append("</pre></body></html>");
+   addDataHeaders(headers, response);
+   std::string location("Location: ");
+   if (strncmp(uri.c_str(), "http://", 7) != 0 && strncmp(uri.c_str(), "https://", 8) != 0)
+   {
+      std::string const host = LookupTag(request, "Host");
+      unsigned int const httpsport = _config->FindI("aptwebserver::port::https", 4433);
+      std::string hosthttpsport;
+      strprintf(hosthttpsport, ":%u", httpsport);
+      if (host.find(hosthttpsport) != std::string::npos)
+	 location.append("https://");
+      else
+	 location.append("http://");
+      location.append(host).append("/");
+      if (strncmp("/home/", uri.c_str(), strlen("/home/")) == 0 && uri.find("/public_html/") != std::string::npos)
+      {
+	 std::string homeuri = SubstVar(uri, "/home/", "~");
+	 homeuri = SubstVar(homeuri, "/public_html/", "/");
+	 location.append(homeuri);
+      }
+      else
+	 location.append(uri);
+   }
+   else
+      location.append(uri);
+   headers.push_back(location);
+
+   if (contentTypeSet(headers) == false)
+      headers.push_back("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
+
+   sendHead(log, client, httpcode, headers);
+   if (content == true)
+      sendData(client, headers, response);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static int filter_hidden_files(const struct dirent *a)			/*{{{*/
+{
+   if (a->d_name[0] == '.')
+      return 0;
+#ifdef _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE
+   // if we have the d_type check that only files and dirs will be included
+   if (a->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN &&
+       a->d_type != DT_REG &&
+       a->d_type != DT_LNK && // this includes links to regular files
+       a->d_type != DT_DIR)
+      return 0;
+#endif
+   return 1;
+}
+static int grouped_alpha_case_sort(const struct dirent **a, const struct dirent **b) {
+#ifdef _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE
+   if ((*a)->d_type == DT_DIR && (*b)->d_type == DT_DIR);
+   else if ((*a)->d_type == DT_DIR && (*b)->d_type == DT_REG)
+      return -1;
+   else if ((*b)->d_type == DT_DIR && (*a)->d_type == DT_REG)
+      return 1;
+   else
+#endif
+   {
+      struct stat f_prop; //File's property
+      stat((*a)->d_name, &f_prop);
+      int const amode = f_prop.st_mode;
+      stat((*b)->d_name, &f_prop);
+      int const bmode = f_prop.st_mode;
+      if (S_ISDIR(amode) && S_ISDIR(bmode));
+      else if (S_ISDIR(amode))
+	 return -1;
+      else if (S_ISDIR(bmode))
+	 return 1;
+   }
+   return strcasecmp((*a)->d_name, (*b)->d_name);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void sendDirectoryListing(std::ostream &log, int const client, std::string const &dir,/*{{{*/
+			  std::string const &request, bool content, std::list<std::string> &headers)
+{
+   struct dirent **namelist;
+   int const counter = scandir(dir.c_str(), &namelist, filter_hidden_files, grouped_alpha_case_sort);
+   if (counter == -1)
+   {
+      sendError(log, client, 500, request, content, "scandir failed", headers);
+      return;
+   }
+
+   std::ostringstream listing;
+   std::string const quotedDir = HTMLEncode(dir);
+   listing << "<!doctype html><html><head><title>Index of " << quotedDir << "</title><meta charset=\"utf-8\" />"
+	   << "<style type=\"text/css\"><!-- td {padding: 0.02em 0.5em 0.02em 0.5em;}"
+	   << "tr:nth-child(even){background-color:#dfdfdf;}"
+	   << "h1, td:nth-child(3){text-align:center;}"
+	   << "table {margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;} --></style>"
+	   << "</head>" << std::endl
+	   << "<body><h1>Index of " << quotedDir << "</h1>" << std::endl
+	   << "<table><tr><th>#</th><th>Name</th><th>Size</th><th>Last-Modified</th></tr>" << std::endl;
+   if (dir != "./")
+      listing << "<tr><td>d</td><td><a href=\"..\">Parent Directory</a></td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>";
+   for (int i = 0; i < counter; ++i) {
+      struct stat fs;
+      std::string filename(dir);
+      filename.append("/").append(namelist[i]->d_name);
+      stat(filename.c_str(), &fs);
+      std::string const quotedHref = QuoteString(namelist[i]->d_name, "\"\\/#?");
+      std::string const quotedName = HTMLEncode(namelist[i]->d_name);
+      bool const isDir = S_ISDIR(fs.st_mode);
+      listing << "<tr><td>" << (isDir ? 'd' : 'f') << "</td>"
+	 << "<td><a href=\"./" << quotedHref << (isDir ? "/" : "") <<"\">" << quotedName << "</a></td>"
+	 << "<td>" << (isDir ? "-" : SizeToStr(fs.st_size).append("B")) << "</td>"
+	 << "<td>" << TimeRFC1123(fs.st_mtime, true) << "</td></tr>\n";
+   }
+   listing << "</table></body></html>" << std::endl;
+
+   if (contentTypeSet(headers) == false)
+      headers.push_back("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
+
+   std::string response(listing.str());
+   addDataHeaders(headers, response);
+   sendHead(log, client, 200, headers);
+   if (content == true)
+      sendData(client, headers, response);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool parseFirstLine(std::ostream &log, int const client, std::string const &request,/*{{{*/
+		    std::string &filename, std::string &params, bool &sendContent,
+		    bool &closeConnection, std::list<std::string> &headers)
+{
+   if (strncmp(request.c_str(), "HEAD ", 5) == 0)
+      sendContent = false;
+   if (strncmp(request.c_str(), "GET ", 4) != 0)
+   {
+      sendError(log, client, 501, request, true, "", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   size_t const lineend = request.find('\n');
+   size_t filestart = request.find(' ');
+   for (; request[filestart] == ' '; ++filestart);
+   size_t fileend = request.rfind(' ', lineend);
+   if (lineend == std::string::npos || filestart == std::string::npos ||
+	 fileend == std::string::npos || filestart == fileend)
+   {
+      sendError(log, client, 500, request, sendContent, "Filename can't be extracted", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   size_t httpstart = fileend;
+   for (; request[httpstart] == ' '; ++httpstart);
+   if (strncmp(request.c_str() + httpstart, "HTTP/1.1\r", 9) == 0)
+      closeConnection = strcasecmp(LookupTag(request, "Connection", "Keep-Alive").c_str(), "Keep-Alive") != 0;
+   else if (strncmp(request.c_str() + httpstart, "HTTP/1.0\r", 9) == 0)
+      closeConnection = strcasecmp(LookupTag(request, "Connection", "Keep-Alive").c_str(), "close") == 0;
+   else
+   {
+      sendError(log, client, 500, request, sendContent, "Not an HTTP/1.{0,1} request", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   filename = request.substr(filestart, fileend - filestart);
+   if (filename.find(' ') != std::string::npos)
+   {
+      sendError(log, client, 500, request, sendContent, "Filename contains an unencoded space", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   std::string host = LookupTag(request, "Host", "");
+   if (host.empty() == true)
+   {
+      // RFC 2616 §14.23 requires Host
+      sendError(log, client, 400, request, sendContent, "Host header is required", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+   host = "http://" + host;
+
+   // Proxies require absolute uris, so this is a simple proxy-fake option
+   std::string const absolute = _config->Find("aptwebserver::request::absolute", "uri,path");
+   if (strncmp(host.c_str(), filename.c_str(), host.length()) == 0 && APT::String::Startswith(filename, "/_config/") == false)
+   {
+      if (absolute.find("uri") == std::string::npos)
+      {
+	 sendError(log, client, 400, request, sendContent, "Request is absoluteURI, but configured to not accept that", headers);
+	 return false;
+      }
+
+      // strip the host from the request to make it an absolute path
+      filename.erase(0, host.length());
+
+      std::string const authConf = _config->Find("aptwebserver::proxy-authorization", "");
+      std::string auth = LookupTag(request, "Proxy-Authorization", "");
+      if (authConf.empty() != auth.empty())
+      {
+	 if (auth.empty())
+	    sendError(log, client, 407, request, sendContent, "Proxy requires authentication", headers);
+	 else
+	    sendError(log, client, 407, request, sendContent, "Client wants to authenticate to proxy, but proxy doesn't need it", headers);
+	return false;
+      }
+      if (authConf.empty() == false)
+      {
+	 char const * const basic = "Basic ";
+	 if (strncmp(auth.c_str(), basic, strlen(basic)) == 0)
+	 {
+	    auth.erase(0, strlen(basic));
+	    if (auth != authConf)
+	    {
+	       sendError(log, client, 407, request, sendContent, "Proxy-Authentication doesn't match", headers);
+	       return false;
+	    }
+	 }
+	 else
+	 {
+	    std::list<std::string> headers;
+	    headers.push_back("Proxy-Authenticate: Basic");
+	    sendError(log, client, 407, request, sendContent, "Unsupported Proxy-Authentication Scheme", headers);
+	    return false;
+	 }
+      }
+   }
+   else if (absolute.find("path") == std::string::npos && APT::String::Startswith(filename, "/_config/") == false)
+   {
+      sendError(log, client, 400, request, sendContent, "Request is absolutePath, but configured to not accept that", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   if (APT::String::Startswith(filename, "/_config/") == false)
+   {
+      std::string const authConf = _config->Find("aptwebserver::authorization", "");
+      std::string auth = LookupTag(request, "Authorization", "");
+      if (authConf.empty() != auth.empty())
+      {
+	 if (auth.empty())
+	    sendError(log, client, 401, request, sendContent, "Server requires authentication", headers);
+	 else
+	    sendError(log, client, 401, request, sendContent, "Client wants to authenticate to server, but server doesn't need it", headers);
+	 return false;
+      }
+      if (authConf.empty() == false)
+      {
+	 char const * const basic = "Basic ";
+	 if (strncmp(auth.c_str(), basic, strlen(basic)) == 0)
+	 {
+	    auth.erase(0, strlen(basic));
+	    if (auth != authConf)
+	    {
+	       sendError(log, client, 401, request, sendContent, "Authentication doesn't match", headers);
+	       return false;
+	    }
+	 }
+	 else
+	 {
+	    headers.push_back("WWW-Authenticate: Basic");
+	    sendError(log, client, 401, request, sendContent, "Unsupported Authentication Scheme", headers);
+	    return false;
+	 }
+      }
+   }
+
+   size_t paramspos = filename.find('?');
+   if (paramspos != std::string::npos)
+   {
+      params = filename.substr(paramspos + 1);
+      filename.erase(paramspos);
+   }
+
+   filename = DeQuoteString(filename);
+
+   // this is not a secure server, but at least prevent the obvious …
+   if (filename.empty() == true || filename[0] != '/' ||
+       strncmp(filename.c_str(), "//", 2) == 0 ||
+       filename.find_first_of("\r\n\t\f\v") != std::string::npos ||
+       filename.find("/../") != std::string::npos)
+   {
+      std::list<std::string> headers;
+      sendError(log, client, 400, request, sendContent, "Filename contains illegal character (sequence)", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   // nuke the first character which is a / as we assured above
+   filename.erase(0, 1);
+   if (filename.empty() == true)
+      filename = "./";
+   // support ~user/ uris to refer to /home/user/public_html/ as a kind-of special directory
+   else if (filename[0] == '~')
+   {
+      // /home/user is actually not entirely correct, but good enough for now
+      size_t dashpos = filename.find('/');
+      if (dashpos != std::string::npos)
+      {
+	 std::string home = filename.substr(1, filename.find('/') - 1);
+	 std::string pubhtml = filename.substr(filename.find('/') + 1);
+	 filename = "/home/" + home + "/public_html/" + pubhtml;
+      }
+      else
+	 filename = "/home/" + filename.substr(1) + "/public_html/";
+   }
+
+   // if no filename is given, but a valid directory see if we can use an index or
+   // have to resort to a autogenerated directory listing later on
+   if (DirectoryExists(filename) == true)
+   {
+      std::string const directoryIndex = _config->Find("aptwebserver::directoryindex");
+      if (directoryIndex.empty() == false && directoryIndex == flNotDir(directoryIndex) &&
+	    RealFileExists(filename + directoryIndex) == true)
+	 filename += directoryIndex;
+   }
+
+   return true;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static bool handleOnTheFlyReconfiguration(std::ostream &log, int const client,/*{{{*/
+      std::string const &request, std::vector<std::string> parts, std::list<std::string> &headers)
+{
+   size_t const pcount = parts.size();
+   for (size_t i = 0; i < pcount; ++i)
+      parts[i] = DeQuoteString(parts[i]);
+   if (pcount == 4 && parts[1] == "set")
+   {
+      _config->Set(parts[2], parts[3]);
+      sendSuccess(log, client, request, true, "Option '" + parts[2] + "' was set to '" + parts[3] + "'!", headers);
+      return true;
+   }
+   else if (pcount == 4 && parts[1] == "find")
+   {
+      std::string response = _config->Find(parts[2], parts[3]);
+      addDataHeaders(headers, response);
+      if (contentTypeSet(headers) == false)
+	 headers.push_back("Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8");
+      sendHead(log, client, 200, headers);
+      sendData(client, headers, response);
+      return true;
+   }
+   else if (pcount == 3 && parts[1] == "find")
+   {
+      if (_config->Exists(parts[2]) == true)
+      {
+	 std::string response = _config->Find(parts[2]);
+	 addDataHeaders(headers, response);
+	 if (contentTypeSet(headers) == false)
+	    headers.push_back("Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8");
+	 sendHead(log, client, 200, headers);
+	 sendData(client, headers, response);
+	 return true;
+      }
+      sendError(log, client, 404, request, true, "Requested Configuration option doesn't exist", headers);
+      return false;
+   }
+   else if (pcount == 3 && parts[1] == "clear")
+   {
+      _config->Clear(parts[2]);
+      sendSuccess(log, client, request, true, "Option '" + parts[2] + "' was cleared.", headers);
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   sendError(log, client, 400, request, true, "Unknown on-the-fly configuration request", headers);
+   return false;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void * handleClient(int const client, size_t const id)		/*{{{*/
+{
+   auto logfilepath = _config->FindFile("aptwebserver::logfiles");
+   if (logfilepath.empty() == false)
+      strprintf(logfilepath, "%s.client-%lu.log", logfilepath.c_str(), id);
+   else
+      logfilepath = "/dev/null";
+   std::ofstream logfile(logfilepath);
+   basic_teeostream<char> log(std::clog, logfile);
+
+   log << "ACCEPT client " << client << std::endl;
+   bool closeConnection = false;
+   while (closeConnection == false)
+   {
+      std::vector<std::string> messages;
+      if (ReadMessages(client, messages) == false)
+	 break;
+
+      std::list<std::string> headers;
+      for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator m = messages.begin();
+	    m != messages.end() && closeConnection == false; ++m) {
+	 // if we announced a closing in previous response, do the close now
+	 if (std::find(headers.begin(), headers.end(), std::string("Connection: close")) != headers.end())
+	 {
+	    closeConnection = true;
+	    break;
+	 }
+	 headers.clear();
+
+	 log << ">>> REQUEST from " << client << " >>>" << std::endl << *m
+	    << std::endl << "<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" << std::endl;
+	 std::string filename;
+	 std::string params;
+	 bool sendContent = true;
+	 if (parseFirstLine(log, client, *m, filename, params, sendContent, closeConnection, headers) == false)
+	    continue;
+
+	 // special webserver command request
+	 if (filename.length() > 1 && filename[0] == '_')
+	 {
+	    std::vector<std::string> parts = VectorizeString(filename, '/');
+	    if (parts[0] == "_config")
+	    {
+	       handleOnTheFlyReconfiguration(log, client, *m, parts, headers);
+	       continue;
+	    }
+	 }
+
+	 // string replacements in the requested filename
+	 ::Configuration::Item const *Replaces = _config->Tree("aptwebserver::redirect::replace");
+	 if (Replaces != NULL)
+	 {
+	    std::string redirect = "/" + filename;
+	    for (::Configuration::Item *I = Replaces->Child; I != NULL; I = I->Next)
+	       redirect = SubstVar(redirect, I->Tag, I->Value);
+	    if (redirect.empty() == false && redirect[0] == '/')
+	       redirect.erase(0,1);
+	    if (redirect != filename)
+	    {
+	       sendRedirect(log, client, _config->FindI("aptwebserver::redirect::httpcode", 301), redirect, *m, sendContent);
+	       continue;
+	    }
+	 }
+
+	 ::Configuration::Item const *Overwrite = _config->Tree("aptwebserver::overwrite");
+	 if (Overwrite != NULL)
+	 {
+	    for (::Configuration::Item *I = Overwrite->Child; I != NULL; I = I->Next)
+	    {
+	       regex_t *pattern = new regex_t;
+	       int const res = regcomp(pattern, I->Tag.c_str(), REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE | REG_NOSUB);
+	       if (res != 0)
+	       {
+		  char error[300];
+		  regerror(res, pattern, error, sizeof(error));
+		  sendError(log, client, 500, *m, sendContent, error, headers);
+		  continue;
+	       }
+	       if (regexec(pattern, filename.c_str(), 0, 0, 0) == 0)
+	       {
+		  filename = _config->Find("aptwebserver::overwrite::" + I->Tag + "::filename", flNotDir(filename));
+		  if (filename.find("/") == std::string::npos)
+		  {
+		     auto directory = _config->Find("aptwebserver::overwrite::" + I->Tag + "::directory", flNotFile(filename));
+		     filename = flCombine(directory, filename);
+		  }
+		  if (filename.empty() == false && filename[0] == '/')
+		     filename.erase(0,1);
+		  if (filename.empty())
+		     filename = "./";
+		  regfree(pattern);
+		  break;
+	       }
+	       regfree(pattern);
+	    }
+	 }
+
+	 // automatic retry can be tested with this
+	 {
+	    int failrequests = _config->FindI("aptwebserver::failrequest::" + filename, 0);
+	    if (failrequests != 0)
+	    {
+	       --failrequests;
+	       _config->Set(("aptwebserver::failrequest::" + filename).c_str(), failrequests);
+	       sendError(log, client, _config->FindI("aptwebserver::failrequest", 400), *m, sendContent, "Server is configured to fail this file.", headers);
+	       continue;
+	    }
+	 }
+
+	 // deal with the request
+	 unsigned int const httpsport = _config->FindI("aptwebserver::port::https", 4433);
+	 std::string hosthttpsport;
+	 strprintf(hosthttpsport, ":%u", httpsport);
+	 if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::support::http", true) == false &&
+	       LookupTag(*m, "Host").find(hosthttpsport) == std::string::npos)
+	 {
+	    sendError(log, client, 400, *m, sendContent, "HTTP disabled, all requests must be HTTPS", headers);
+	    continue;
+	 }
+	 else if (RealFileExists(filename) == true)
+	 {
+	    FileFd data(filename, FileFd::ReadOnly);
+	    std::string condition = LookupTag(*m, "If-Modified-Since", "");
+	    if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::support::modified-since", true) == true && condition.empty() == false)
+	    {
+	       time_t cache;
+	       if (RFC1123StrToTime(condition.c_str(), cache) == true &&
+		     cache >= data.ModificationTime())
+	       {
+		  sendHead(log, client, 304, headers);
+		  continue;
+	       }
+	    }
+
+	    if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::support::range", true) == true)
+	       condition = LookupTag(*m, "Range", "");
+	    else
+	       condition.clear();
+	    if (condition.empty() == false && strncmp(condition.c_str(), "bytes=", 6) == 0)
+	    {
+	       std::string ranges = ',' + _config->Find("aptwebserver::response-header::Accept-Ranges") + ',';
+	       ranges.erase(std::remove(ranges.begin(), ranges.end(), ' '), ranges.end());
+	       if (ranges.find(",bytes,") == std::string::npos)
+	       {
+		  // we handle it as an error here because we are a test server - a real one should just ignore it
+		  sendError(log, client, 400, *m, sendContent, "Client does range requests we don't support", headers);
+		  continue;
+	       }
+
+	       time_t cache;
+	       std::string ifrange;
+	       if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::support::if-range", true) == true)
+		  ifrange = LookupTag(*m, "If-Range", "");
+	       bool validrange = (ifrange.empty() == true ||
+		     (RFC1123StrToTime(ifrange.c_str(), cache) == true &&
+		      cache <= data.ModificationTime()));
+
+	       // FIXME: support multiple byte-ranges (APT clients do not do this)
+	       if (condition.find(',') == std::string::npos)
+	       {
+		  size_t start = 6;
+		  unsigned long long filestart = strtoull(condition.c_str() + start, NULL, 10);
+		  // FIXME: no support for last-byte-pos being not the end of the file (APT clients do not do this)
+		  size_t dash = condition.find('-') + 1;
+		  unsigned long long fileend = strtoull(condition.c_str() + dash, NULL, 10);
+		  unsigned long long filesize = data.FileSize();
+		  if ((fileend == 0 || (fileend == filesize && fileend >= filestart)) &&
+			validrange == true)
+		  {
+		     if (filesize > filestart)
+		     {
+			data.Skip(filestart);
+                        // make sure to send content-range before conent-length
+                        // as regression test for LP: #1445239
+			std::ostringstream contentrange;
+			contentrange << "Content-Range: bytes " << filestart << "-"
+			   << filesize - 1 << "/" << filesize;
+			headers.push_back(contentrange.str());
+			std::ostringstream contentlength;
+			contentlength << "Content-Length: " << (filesize - filestart);
+			headers.push_back(contentlength.str());
+			sendHead(log, client, 206, headers);
+			if (sendContent == true)
+			   sendFile(client, headers, data);
+			continue;
+		     }
+		     else
+		     {
+			if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::support::content-range", true) == true)
+			{
+			   std::ostringstream contentrange;
+			   contentrange << "Content-Range: bytes */" << filesize;
+			   headers.push_back(contentrange.str());
+			}
+			sendError(log, client, 416, *m, sendContent, "", headers);
+			continue;
+		     }
+		  }
+	       }
+	    }
+
+	    addFileHeaders(headers, data);
+	    sendHead(log, client, 200, headers);
+	    if (sendContent == true)
+	       sendFile(client, headers, data);
+	 }
+	 else if (DirectoryExists(filename) == true)
+	 {
+	    if (filename[filename.length()-1] == '/')
+	       sendDirectoryListing(log, client, filename, *m, sendContent, headers);
+	    else
+	       sendRedirect(log, client, 301, filename.append("/"), *m, sendContent);
+	 }
+	 else
+	    sendError(log, client, 404, *m, sendContent, "", headers);
+      }
+
+      // if we announced a closing in the last response, do the close now
+      if (std::find(headers.begin(), headers.end(), std::string("Connection: close")) != headers.end())
+	 closeConnection = true;
+
+      if (_error->PendingError() == true)
+	 break;
+      _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+   }
+   _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+   close(client);
+   log << "CLOSE client " << client << std::endl;
+   return NULL;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+static void loadMimeTypesFile(std::string const &filename)		/*{{{*/
+{
+   if (FileExists(filename) == false)
+      return;
+
+   std::string line;
+   FileFd mimetypes(filename, FileFd::ReadOnly);
+   while (mimetypes.ReadLine(line))
+   {
+      if (line.empty() || line[0] == '#' || line.find_first_not_of(" \t\r") == std::string::npos)
+	 continue;
+      std::transform(line.begin(), line.end(), line.begin(), [](char const c) { return c == ' ' ? '\t' : c; });
+      auto l = VectorizeString(line, '\t');
+      l.erase(std::remove_if(l.begin(), l.end(), [](std::string const &f) { return f.empty(); }), l.end());
+      if (l.size() < 2)
+	 continue;
+      for (size_t i = 1; i < l.size(); ++i)
+	 if (l[i].empty() == false)
+	    _config->CndSet(std::string("aptwebserver::content-type::by-extension::").append(l[i]).c_str(), l[0]);
+   }
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+
+int main(int const argc, const char * argv[])
+{
+   CommandLine::Args Args[] = {
+      {'p', "port", "aptwebserver::port", CommandLine::HasArg},
+      {0, "request-absolute", "aptwebserver::request::absolute", CommandLine::HasArg},
+      {0, "authorization", "aptwebserver::authorization", CommandLine::HasArg},
+      {0, "proxy-authorization", "aptwebserver::proxy-authorization", CommandLine::HasArg},
+      {0, "logfiles", "aptwebserver::logfiles", CommandLine::HasArg},
+      {'c',"config-file",0,CommandLine::ConfigFile},
+      {'o',"option",0,CommandLine::ArbItem},
+      {0,0,0,0}
+   };
+
+   CommandLine CmdL(Args, _config);
+   if(CmdL.Parse(argc,argv) == false)
+   {
+      _error->DumpErrors();
+      exit(1);
+   }
+
+   if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::content-type::mime.types", true))
+   {
+      if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::content-type::mime.types::apt", true))
+	 loadMimeTypesFile("/etc/apt/mime.types");
+
+      if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::content-type::mime.types::home", true))
+      {
+	 auto const home = getenv("HOME");
+	 if (home != nullptr)
+	    loadMimeTypesFile(flCombine(home, ".mime.types"));
+      }
+
+      if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::content-type::mime.types::etc", true))
+	 loadMimeTypesFile("/etc/mime.types");
+   }
+
+   // create socket, bind and listen to it {{{
+   // ignore SIGPIPE, this can happen on write() if the socket closes connection
+   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+   // we don't care for our slaves, so ignore their death
+   signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+
+   int sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+   if(sock < 0)
+   {
+      _error->Errno("aptwerbserver", "Couldn't create socket");
+      _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+      return 1;
+   }
+
+   int port = _config->FindI("aptwebserver::port", 8080);
+
+   // ensure that we accept all connections: v4 or v6
+   int const iponly = 0;
+   setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &iponly, sizeof(iponly));
+   // to not linger on an address
+   int const enable = 1;
+   setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &enable, sizeof(enable));
+
+   struct sockaddr_in6 locAddr;
+   memset(&locAddr, 0, sizeof(locAddr));
+   locAddr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+   locAddr.sin6_port = htons(port);
+   locAddr.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+
+   if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr*) &locAddr, sizeof(locAddr)) < 0)
+   {
+      _error->Errno("aptwerbserver", "Couldn't bind");
+      _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+      return 2;
+   }
+
+   if (port == 0)
+   {
+      struct sockaddr_in6 addr;
+      socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(sockaddr_in6);
+      if (getsockname(sock, (struct sockaddr*) &addr, &addrlen) != 0)
+	 _error->Errno("getsockname", "Could not get chosen port number");
+      else
+	 port = ntohs(addr.sin6_port);
+   }
+   std::string const portfilename = _config->Find("aptwebserver::portfile", "");
+   if (portfilename.empty() == false)
+   {
+      FileFd portfile(portfilename, FileFd::WriteOnly | FileFd::Create | FileFd::Empty);
+      std::string portcontent;
+      strprintf(portcontent, "%d", port);
+      portfile.Write(portcontent.c_str(), portcontent.size());
+      portfile.Sync();
+   }
+   _config->Set("aptwebserver::port::http", port);
+
+   FileFd pidfile;
+   if (_config->FindB("aptwebserver::fork", false) == true)
+   {
+      std::string const pidfilename = _config->Find("aptwebserver::pidfile", "aptwebserver.pid");
+      int const pidfilefd = GetLock(pidfilename);
+      if (pidfilefd < 0 || pidfile.OpenDescriptor(pidfilefd, FileFd::WriteOnly) == false)
+      {
+	 _error->Errno("aptwebserver", "Couldn't acquire lock on pidfile '%s'", pidfilename.c_str());
+	 _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+	 return 3;
+      }
+
+      pid_t child = fork();
+      if (child < 0)
+      {
+	 _error->Errno("aptwebserver", "Forking failed");
+	 _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+	 return 4;
+      }
+      else if (child != 0)
+      {
+	 // successfully forked: ready to serve!
+	 std::string pidcontent;
+	 strprintf(pidcontent, "%d", child);
+	 pidfile.Write(pidcontent.c_str(), pidcontent.size());
+	 pidfile.Sync();
+	 if (_error->PendingError() == true)
+	 {
+	    _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+	    return 5;
+	 }
+	 std::cout << "Successfully forked as " << child << std::endl;
+	 return 0;
+      }
+   }
+
+   std::clog << "Serving ANY file on port: " << port << std::endl;
+
+   int const slaves = _config->FindI("aptwebserver::slaves", SOMAXCONN);
+   std::cerr << "SLAVES: " << slaves << std::endl;
+   listen(sock, slaves);
+   /*}}}*/
+
+   _config->CndSet("aptwebserver::response-header::Server", "APT webserver");
+   _config->CndSet("aptwebserver::response-header::Accept-Ranges", "bytes");
+   _config->CndSet("aptwebserver::directoryindex", "index.html");
+   APT::Configuration::getCompressors();
+
+   size_t id = 0;
+   while (true)
+   {
+      int client = accept(sock, NULL, NULL);
+      if (client == -1)
+      {
+	 if (errno == EINTR)
+	    continue;
+	 _error->Errno("accept", "Couldn't accept client on socket %d", sock);
+	 _error->DumpErrors(std::cerr);
+	 return 6;
+      }
+
+      std::thread t(handleClient, client, ++id);
+      t.detach();
+   }
+   pidfile.Close();
+
+   return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/createdeb-cve-2020-27350.cc b/test/interactive-helper/createdeb-cve-2020-27350.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b96194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/createdeb-cve-2020-27350.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+struct Header
+{
+   char Name[16];
+   char MTime[12];
+   char UID[6];
+   char GID[6];
+   char Mode[8];
+   char Size[10];
+   char Magic[2];
+};
+
+struct TarHeader
+{
+   char Name[100];
+   char Mode[8];
+   char UserID[8];
+   char GroupID[8];
+   char Size[12];
+   char MTime[12];
+   char Checksum[8];
+   char LinkFlag;
+   char LinkName[100];
+   char MagicNumber[8];
+   char UserName[32];
+   char GroupName[32];
+   char Major[8];
+   char Minor[8];
+};
+
+// Call `write` and check the result.
+static void write_chk(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+   const ssize_t wr = write(fd, buf, count);
+   if (wr < 0)
+   {
+      const int err = errno;
+      fprintf(stderr, "Write failed: %s\n", strerror(err));
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+   }
+   if ((size_t)wr != count)
+   {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Incomplete write.\n");
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+   }
+}
+
+// Triggers a negative integer overflow at https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/tree/apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc?h=applied/ubuntu/focal-updates&id=4c264e60b524855b211751e1632ba48526f6b44d#n116:
+//
+//    Memb->Size -= Len;
+//
+// Due to the integer overflow, the value of Memb->Size is 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.
+// This leads to an out-of-memory error at https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/tree/python/arfile.cc?h=applied/ubuntu/focal-updates&id=0f7cc93acdb51d943114f1cd79002288c4ca4d24#n602:
+//
+//    char* value = new char[member->Size];
+//
+// The out-of-memory error causes aptd to crash.
+static void createdeb_crash(const int fd)
+{
+   // Magic number
+   static const char *magic = "!<arch>\n";
+   write_chk(fd, magic, strlen(magic));
+
+   struct Header h;
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+
+   memcpy(h.Name, "control.tar     ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "data.tar        ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "#1/13           ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   strcpy(h.Size, "12");
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+   write_chk(fd, "debian-binary", 13);
+}
+
+// Triggers an infinite loop in `ARArchive::LoadHeaders()`.
+// The bug is due to the use of `strtoul` at https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/tree/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc?h=applied/ubuntu/focal-updates&id=4c264e60b524855b211751e1632ba48526f6b44d#n1169:
+//
+//    Res = strtoul(S,&End,Base);
+//
+// The problem is that `strtoul` accepts negative numbers. We exploit that here by setting the size string to "-60".
+static void createdeb_loop(const int fd)
+{
+   // Magic number
+   static const char *magic = "!<arch>\n";
+   write_chk(fd, magic, strlen(magic));
+
+   struct Header h;
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+
+   memcpy(h.Name, "#1/20           ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   strcpy(h.Size, "-60");
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   char buf[20];
+   memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+   write_chk(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+// Leaks a file descriptor in `debfile_new()`:
+//
+// https://git.launchpad.net/python-apt/tree/python/arfile.cc?h=2.0.0#n588
+//
+// If the .deb file is invalid then the function returns without deleting
+// `self`, which means that the file descriptor isn't closed.
+static void createdeb_leakfd(const int fd)
+{
+   // Magic number
+   static const char *magic = "!<arch>\n";
+   write_chk(fd, magic, strlen(magic));
+
+   struct Header h;
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "data.tar        ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+}
+
+static void set_checksum(unsigned char block[512])
+{
+   struct TarHeader *tar = (struct TarHeader *)&block[0];
+   memset(tar->Checksum, ' ', sizeof(tar->Checksum));
+   uint32_t sum = 0;
+   for (int i = 0; i < 512; i++)
+   {
+      sum += block[i];
+   }
+   snprintf(tar->Checksum, sizeof(tar->Checksum), "%o", sum);
+}
+static void base256_encode(char *Str, unsigned long long Num, unsigned int Len)
+{
+   Str += Len;
+   while (Len-- > 0) {
+      *--Str = static_cast<char>(Num & 0xff);
+      Num >>= 8;
+   }
+
+  *Str |= 0x80; // mark as base256
+}
+
+// Create a deb with a control.tar that contains a too large file or link name (GNU extension)
+static void createdeb_bigtarfilelength(const int fd, int flag, unsigned long long size = 64llu * 1024 * 1024 + 1)
+{
+   // Magic number
+   static const char *magic = "!<arch>\n";
+   write_chk(fd, magic, strlen(magic));
+
+   struct Header h;
+   memset(&h, ' ', sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "debian-binary/     ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   h.MTime[0] = '0';
+   h.UID[0] = '0';
+   h.GID[0] = '0';
+   memcpy(h.Mode, "644", 3);
+   h.Size[0] = '0';
+   memcpy(h.Magic, "`\n", 2);
+
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   memset(&h, ' ', sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "data.tar/       ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   h.MTime[0] = '0';
+   h.UID[0] = '0';
+   h.GID[0] = '0';
+   memcpy(h.Mode, "644", 3);
+   h.Size[0] = '0';
+   memcpy(h.Magic, "`\n", 2);
+
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   memset(&h, ' ', sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "control.tar/       ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   h.MTime[0] = '0';
+   h.UID[0] = '0';
+   h.GID[0] = '0';
+   memcpy(h.Mode, "644", 3);
+   memcpy(h.Size, "512", 3);
+   memcpy(h.Magic, "`\n", 2);
+
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+   union
+   {
+      struct TarHeader t;
+      unsigned char buf[512];
+   } t;
+   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(t.buf); i++)
+      t.buf[i] = '7';
+   memcpy(t.t.Name, "control\0        ", 16);
+   memcpy(t.t.UserName, "userName", 8);
+   memcpy(t.t.GroupName, "thisIsAGroupNamethisIsAGroupName", 32);
+   t.t.LinkFlag = flag;
+   base256_encode(t.t.Size, size, sizeof(t.t.Size));
+   memset(t.t.Checksum, ' ', sizeof(t.t.Checksum));
+
+   unsigned long sum = 0;
+   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(t.buf); i++)
+      sum += t.buf[i];
+
+   int written = sprintf(t.t.Checksum, "%lo", sum);
+   for (unsigned int i = written; i < sizeof(t.t.Checksum); i++)
+      t.t.Checksum[i] = ' ';
+
+   write_chk(fd, t.buf, sizeof(t.buf));
+}
+
+static void createdeb_test(const int fd)
+{
+   // Magic number
+   static const char *magic = "!<arch>\n";
+   write_chk(fd, magic, strlen(magic));
+
+   struct Header h;
+
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "data.tar        ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "debian-binary   ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   strcpy(h.Size, "4");
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+   static const char *debian_binary = "2.0\n";
+   write_chk(fd, debian_binary, strlen(debian_binary));
+
+   static const char *control =
+      "Architecture: all\n"
+      "Package: kevsh\n\n";
+   memset(&h, 0, sizeof(h));
+   memcpy(h.Name, "control.tar     ", sizeof(h.Name));
+   snprintf(h.Size, sizeof(h.Size), "%ld", (size_t)512 + 512);
+   write_chk(fd, &h, sizeof(h));
+
+   unsigned char block[512];
+   memset(block, 0, sizeof(block));
+   struct TarHeader *tar = (struct TarHeader *)&block[0];
+   strcpy(tar->Name, "control");
+   strcpy(tar->Mode, "644");
+   snprintf(tar->Size, sizeof(tar->Size), "%lo", strlen(control));
+   set_checksum(block);
+   write_chk(fd, block, sizeof(block));
+
+   memset(block, 0, sizeof(block));
+   strcpy((char *)block, control);
+   write_chk(fd, block, sizeof(block));
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+   if (argc != 3)
+   {
+      const char *progname = argc > 0 ? argv[0] : "a.out";
+      fprintf(
+	 stderr,
+	 "usage: %s <mode> <filename>\n"
+	 "modes: loop, segv, leakfd\n",
+	 progname);
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+   }
+
+   const char *mode = argv[1];
+   const char *filename = argv[2];
+
+   const int fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 00644);
+   if (fd < 0)
+   {
+      const int err = errno;
+      fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(err));
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+   }
+
+   if (strcmp(mode, "crash") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_crash(fd);
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "loop") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_loop(fd);
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "leakfd") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_leakfd(fd);
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "long-name") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_bigtarfilelength(fd, 'L');
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "long-link") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_bigtarfilelength(fd, 'K');
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "long-control") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_bigtarfilelength(fd, '0');
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "too-long-control") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_bigtarfilelength(fd, '0', 128llu * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 + 1);
+   }
+   else if (strcmp(mode, "test") == 0)
+   {
+      createdeb_test(fd);
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Mode not recognized: %s\n", mode);
+   }
+
+   close(fd);
+   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/extract-control.cc b/test/interactive-helper/extract-control.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a19e038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/extract-control.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <apt-pkg/debfile.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+static bool ExtractMember(const char *File,const char *Member)
+{
+   FileFd Fd(File,FileFd::ReadOnly);
+   debDebFile Deb(Fd);
+   if(_error->PendingError() == true)
+      return false;
+   
+   debDebFile::MemControlExtract Extract(Member);
+   if (Extract.Read(Deb) == false)
+      return false;
+   
+   if (Extract.Control == 0)
+      return true;
+   
+   return write(STDOUT_FILENO,Extract.Control,Extract.Length) != -1;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+   if (argc < 2)
+   {
+      cerr << "Need two arguments, a .deb and the control member" << endl;
+      return 100;
+   }
+   
+   if (ExtractMember(argv[1],argv[2]) == false)
+   {
+      _error->DumpErrors();
+      return 100;
+   }
+   
+   return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/libnoprofile.c b/test/interactive-helper/libnoprofile.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11b898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/libnoprofile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int vprintf(const char *format, va_list ap) {
+    if (strncmp(format, "profiling:", strlen("profiling:")) == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    static int (*func_fprintf)(const char *format, va_list ap) = NULL;
+    if (func_fprintf == NULL)
+       func_fprintf = (int (*)(const char *format, va_list ap))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "vprintf");
+
+    return func_fprintf(format, ap);
+}
+int printf(const char *format, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    int res = vprintf(format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return res;
+}
+
+int vfprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, va_list ap) {
+    if (strncmp(format, "profiling:", strlen("profiling:")) == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    static int (*func_vfprintf)(FILE * stream, const char *format, va_list ap) = NULL;
+    if (func_vfprintf == NULL)
+       func_vfprintf = (int (*)(FILE * stream, const char *format, va_list ap))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "vfprintf");
+
+    return func_vfprintf(stream, format, ap);
+}
+
+int fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    int res = vfprintf(stream, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return res;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/mthdcat.cc b/test/interactive-helper/mthdcat.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2961b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/mthdcat.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Usage, mthdcat < cmds | methods/mthd
+   All this does is cat a file into the method without closing the FD when
+   the file ends */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+   char Buffer[4096];
+   
+   while (1)
+   {
+      int Res = read(STDIN_FILENO,Buffer,sizeof(Buffer));
+      if (Res <= 0)
+	 while (1) sleep(100);
+      if (write(STDOUT_FILENO,Buffer,Res) != Res)
+	 break;
+   }
+   return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/README b/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7ee2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+Those tests aim at making the networkless install timeout
+quicker, see 
+https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworklessInstallationFixes
+for details
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/sources.test.list b/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/sources.test.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..380e180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/sources.test.list
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+# archive.ubuntu.com
+deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
+
+deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
+
+deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
+
+deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
+deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
+
+# security.ubuntu.com
+deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted
+deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted
+
+deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
+deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
+
+
+# archive.canonical.com
+deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-partner universe
+deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-partner universe
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/test.sh b/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..809d467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/networkless-install-fixes/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+OPTS="-o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=./sources.test.list -o Acquire::http::timeout=20"
+
+# setup
+unset http_proxy
+iptables --flush
+
+echo "No network at all"
+ifdown eth0 
+time apt-get update $OPTS 2>&1 |grep system
+ifup eth0
+echo ""
+
+echo "no working DNS (port 53 DROP)"
+iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j DROP
+time apt-get update $OPTS 2>&1 |grep system
+iptables --flush
+echo ""
+
+echo "DNS but no access to archive.ubuntu.com (port 80 DROP)"
+iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP
+time apt-get update $OPTS 2>&1 |grep system
+iptables --flush
+echo ""
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/rpmver.cc b/test/interactive-helper/rpmver.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b23ba28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/rpmver.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <apt-pkg/debversion.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <rpm/misc.h>
+#include <rpm/rpmio.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define xisdigit(x) isdigit(x)
+#define xisalpha(x) isalpha(x)
+#define xisalnum(x) (isdigit(x) || isalpha(x))
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int rpmvercmp(const char * a, const char * b)
+{
+    char * str1, * str2;
+    char * one, * two;
+    int isnum;
+
+    /* easy comparison to see if versions are identical */
+    if (!strcmp(a, b)) return 0;
+
+    str1 = (char *)alloca(strlen(a) + 1);
+    str2 = (char *)alloca(strlen(b) + 1);
+
+    strcpy(str1, a);
+    strcpy(str2, b);
+
+    one = str1;
+    two = str2;
+   
+    /* loop through each version segment of str1 and str2 and compare them */
+    while (*one && *two) {
+	while (*one && !xisalnum(*one)) one++;
+	while (*two && !xisalnum(*two)) two++;
+
+	str1 = one;
+	str2 = two;
+
+	/* grab first completely alpha or completely numeric segment */
+	/* leave one and two pointing to the start of the alpha or numeric */
+	/* segment and walk str1 and str2 to end of segment */
+	if (xisdigit(*str1)) {
+	    while (*str1 && xisdigit(*str1)) str1++;
+	    while (*str2 && xisdigit(*str2)) str2++;
+	    isnum = 1;
+	} else {
+	    while (*str1 && xisalpha(*str1)) str1++;
+	    while (*str2 && xisalpha(*str2)) str2++;
+	    isnum = 0;
+	}
+
+	/* save character at the end of the alpha or numeric segment */
+	/* so that they can be restored after the comparison */
+	char oldch1 = *str1;
+	*str1 = '\0';
+	char oldch2 = *str2;
+	*str2 = '\0';
+
+	/* take care of the case where the two version segments are */
+	/* different types: one numeric, the other alpha (i.e. empty) */
+	if (one == str1) return -1;	/* arbitrary */
+	if (two == str2) return 1;
+
+	if (isnum) {
+	    /* this used to be done by converting the digit segments */
+	    /* to ints using atoi() - it's changed because long  */
+	    /* digit segments can overflow an int - this should fix that. */
+
+	    /* throw away any leading zeros - it's a number, right? */
+	    while (*one == '0') one++;
+	    while (*two == '0') two++;
+
+	    /* whichever number has more digits wins */
+	    if (strlen(one) > strlen(two)) return 1;
+	    if (strlen(two) > strlen(one)) return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* strcmp will return which one is greater - even if the two */
+	/* segments are alpha or if they are numeric.  don't return  */
+	/* if they are equal because there might be more segments to */
+	/* compare */
+	int rc = strcmp(one, two);
+	if (rc) return rc;
+
+	/* restore character that was replaced by null above */
+	*str1 = oldch1;
+	one = str1;
+	*str2 = oldch2;
+	two = str2;
+    }
+
+    /* this catches the case where all numeric and alpha segments have */
+    /* compared identically but the segment sepparating characters were */
+    /* different */
+    if ((!*one) && (!*two)) return 0;
+
+    /* whichever version still has characters left over wins */
+    if (!*one) return -1; else return 1;
+}
+
+int main(int argc,const char *argv[])
+{
+   printf("%i\n",strcmp(argv[1],argv[2]));
+   
+   printf("'%s' <> '%s':  ",argv[1],argv[2]);
+   printf("rpm: %i   deb:  %i\n",rpmvercmp(argv[1],argv[2]),
+	  debVS.CmpFragment(argv[1],argv[1]+strlen(argv[1]),
+			    argv[2],argv[2]+strlen(argv[2])));
+   
+   printf("'%s' <> '%s':  ",argv[2],argv[1]);
+   printf("rpm: %i   deb:  %i\n",rpmvercmp(argv[2],argv[1]),
+	  debVS.CmpFragment(argv[2],argv[2]+strlen(argv[2]),
+			    argv[1],argv[1]+strlen(argv[1])));
+   return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/teestream.h b/test/interactive-helper/teestream.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..058717a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/teestream.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#ifndef APT_HELPER_TEESTREAM_H
+#define APT_HELPER_TEESTREAM_H
+
+/* 'basic' implementation of a streambuf which passes the output
+   to two 'real' streambufs emulating '| tee' on the shell
+
+   The main use is streaming debug output to std::clog as well as
+   a logfile easily, so don't expect that to be a bulletproof
+   implementation. */
+
+#include <apt-pkg/macros.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>
+> class basic_teebuf: public std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits>
+{
+public:
+   basic_teebuf(std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits> * const sb1,
+	 std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits> * const sb2)
+      : s1(sb1), s2(sb2) {}
+protected:
+   virtual std::streamsize xsputn(const CharT* s, std::streamsize c) APT_OVERRIDE
+   {
+      return s2->sputn(s, s1->sputn(s, c));
+   }
+   // overflow is the fallback of sputc which is non-virtual
+   typedef typename Traits::int_type int_type;
+   virtual int_type overflow(int_type ch = Traits::eof()) APT_OVERRIDE
+   {
+      auto const eof = Traits::eof();
+      if (Traits::eq_int_type(ch, Traits::eof()) == true)
+	 return eof;
+
+      auto const r1 = s1->sputc(Traits::to_char_type(ch));
+      auto const r2 = s2->sputc(Traits::to_char_type(ch));
+      return Traits::eq_int_type(r1, eof) ? r1: r2;
+   }
+   virtual void imbue(const std::locale& loc) APT_OVERRIDE
+   {
+      s1->pubimbue(loc);
+      s2->pubimbue(loc);
+   }
+   virtual int sync() APT_OVERRIDE
+   {
+      auto const r1 = s1->pubsync();
+      auto const r2 = s2->pubsync();
+      return r1 == 0 ? r2 : r1;
+   }
+private:
+   std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits> * const s1;
+   std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits> * const s2;
+};
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>
+> class basic_teeostream: public std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>
+{
+public:
+    basic_teeostream(std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits> &o1, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits> &o2) :
+       std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>(&tbuf), tbuf(o1.rdbuf(), o2.rdbuf()) {}
+private:
+    basic_teebuf<CharT, Traits> tbuf;
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/test_fileutl.cc b/test/interactive-helper/test_fileutl.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c29b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/test_fileutl.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+static void callsystem(std::string const &call)
+{
+   auto ret = system(call.c_str());
+   if (WIFEXITED(ret) == false || WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 0)
+      _error->Error("Calling %s failed!", call.c_str());
+}
+
+int main(int, char ** argv)
+{
+	auto const pid = getpid();
+	std::string ls;
+	strprintf(ls, "ls -l /proc/%d/fd", pid);
+	callsystem(ls);
+	FileFd t;
+	t.Open(argv[1], FileFd::ReadOnly, FileFd::Extension);
+	callsystem(ls);
+	char buf[1024];
+	unsigned long long act;
+	while (t.Read(buf, sizeof(buf), &act))
+		if (act == 0)
+			break;
+	callsystem(ls);
+	t.Seek(5);
+	callsystem(ls);
+	t.Close();
+	callsystem(ls);
+	auto const ret = _error->PendingError();
+	_error->DumpErrors();
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/test_udevcdrom.cc b/test/interactive-helper/test_udevcdrom.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2355186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/test_udevcdrom.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <apt-pkg/cdrom.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+   pkgUdevCdromDevices c;
+   assert(c.Dlopen());
+
+   std::vector<CdromDevice> l;
+   l = c.Scan();
+   assert(l.empty() == false);
+   for (size_t i = 0; i < l.size(); ++i)
+      std::cerr << l[i].DeviceName << " " 
+		<< l[i].Mounted << " " 
+		<< l[i].MountPath << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/testdeb.cc b/test/interactive-helper/testdeb.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb24a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/testdeb.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <apt-pkg/arfile.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/debfile.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/dirstream.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/extracttar.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+class NullStream : public pkgDirStream
+{
+   public:
+   virtual bool DoItem(Item &/*Itm*/, int &/*Fd*/) APT_OVERRIDE {return true;};
+};
+
+static bool Test(const char *File)
+{
+   FileFd Fd(File,FileFd::ReadOnly);
+   debDebFile Deb(Fd);
+   
+   if (_error->PendingError() == true)
+      return false;
+   
+   // Get the archive member and positition the file 
+   const ARArchive::Member *Member = Deb.GotoMember("data.tar.gz");
+   if (Member == 0)
+      return false;
+      
+   // Extract it.
+   ExtractTar Tar(Deb.GetFile(),Member->Size, "gzip");
+   NullStream Dir;
+   if (Tar.Go(Dir) == false)
+      return false;   
+   
+   return true;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+   if (argc != 2) {
+      std::cout << "One parameter expected - given " << argc << std::endl;
+      return 100;
+   }
+
+   Test(argv[1]);
+   _error->DumpErrors();
+   return 0;
+}