Better handling of base64-encoded values in xattr module (#3675)

* Fix exception in xattr module when existing extended attribute's value contains non-printable characters and the base64-encoded string contains a '=' sign

* Added changelog fragment for #3675

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
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bugfixes:
- xattr - fix exception caused by ``_run_xattr()`` raising a ``ValueError``
due to a mishandling of base64-encoded value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3673).