[ClickOnce] Fix nonce generation in timestamping of signed manifest. #9579
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Fixes
#9505
Summary
SecurityUtilities.SignFile function to sign ClickOnce manifest can fail occasionally during timestamping because the random bytes generated for the nonce can be invalid DER encodings for integer values
Changes Made
To ensure the encoding is not invalid, clear the nonce MSB's most significant bit and set the MSB's least significant bit.
This is a port of the fix made for the same issue in the NuGet client:
NuGet/NuGet.Client@3e55190
Customer Impact
Customers calling SignFile API through the Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core NuGet package encounter occasional failures because the Nonce generated is invalid per DER encoding. The fix will address this issue of the SignFile API failing intermittently.
Regression?
No
Testing
Failing scenario validated + signing scenarios in ClickOnce validated for regression.
Risk
Low