Bug 2063947

Summary:	openssl req defaults to 3DES
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	Alexander Sosedkin <asosedki>
Component:	openssl	Assignee:	Dmitry Belyavskiy <dbelyavs>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Hubert Kario <hkario>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:	Jan Fiala <jafiala>
Priority:	low
Version:	9.0	CC:	cllang, dbelyavs, hkario, jafiala, ssorce
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged, ZStream
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Fixed In Version:	openssl-3.0.1-29.el9	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	.OpenSSL `req` uses AES-256-CBC for private keys encryption Previously, the OpenSSL `req` tool encrypted private key files by using the 3DES algorithm. Because the 3DES algorithm is insecure and disallowed in the current FIPS 140 standard for cryptographic modules, `req` now generates private key files encrypted using the AES-256-CBC algorithm instead. The overall PKCS#8 file format remains unchanged.	Story Points:	---
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Clones:	2085499 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2023-06-05 16:09:48 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	2085499

Description Alexander Sosedkin 2022-03-14 17:18:16 UTC

Description of problem: openssl req still defaults to 3DES for private key encryption
Version-Release number of selected component: openssl-3.0.1-5.el9
How reproducible: always
Steps to Reproduce: openssl req -newkey 4096
Expected results: cute +*. mashup, retcode 0, key file

Actual results:
804B3713977F0000:error:0308010C:digital envelope routines:inner_evp_generic_fetch:unsupported:crypto/evp/evp_fetch.c:349:Global default library context, Algorithm (DES-EDE3-CBC : 27), Properties (<null>)

Additional info: -nodes works, but we should have modern, secure and FIPS-compatible defaults.

Comment 3 Dmitry Belyavskiy 2022-05-12 11:40:36 UTC

We consider AES-256-CBC is the best choice

Comment 6 Dmitry Belyavskiy 2022-05-13 14:09:55 UTC

*** Bug 2085397 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14 Clemens Lang 2023-06-05 16:09:48 UTC

RHEL 9.1 contains openssl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.