Bug 1312859 – [RFE] Backport FIPS mode workaround for hashlib from RHEL-6

Bug 1312859 - [RFE] Backport FIPS mode workaround for hashlib from RHEL-6

Summary:	[RFE] Backport FIPS mode workaround for hashlib from RHEL-6

Status:	CLOSED EOL

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Product:	Fedora EPEL
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	python26 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	el5
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

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Assigned To:	Adrien Devresse
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Reported:	2016-02-29 07:06 EST by Hubert Kario
Modified:	2017-04-06 06:03 EDT (History)
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Description Hubert Kario 2016-02-29 07:06:24 EST

Description of problem:
When hashlib is used for calculating MD5 digest and the system is running in FIPS mode, the OpenSSL implementation will abort process

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python26-2.6.8-2.el5.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable FIPS mode in RHEL-5
2. use hashlib module to calculate MD5 hash
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Actual results:
digest.c(151): OpenSSL internal error, assertion failed: Digest update previous FIPS forbidden algorithm error ignored

Expected results:
ValueError raised, usedforsecurity parameter to new() supported

Additional info:
The feature is implemented in python-2.6.5-hashlib-fips.patch in RHEL-6 package

Comment 1 Fedora End Of Life 2017-04-06 06:03:41 EDT

Fedora EPEL 5 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2017-03-31. Fedora EPEL 5
is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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