qemu-bootstrap fails on artful(17.10)

Run command:

sudo qemu-debootstrap --foreign --arch=arm64 --variant=buildd artful artful1-arm64

Fails with error message:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.4-5ubuntu1_arm64.deb

If this is not the appropriate location to report this error, please provide the correct link.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: debootstrap 1.0.91ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 10 18:50:04 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/debootstrap
InterpreterPath: /bin/dash
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: debootstrap
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)