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Description of problem:
When the ciphertext is too small to contain IV, MAC and padding, openssl will send decryption_failed alert instead of the bad_record_mac.
This happens only for ciphers that do not use the "stiched" implementation of a cipher that combines the symmetric cipher with the HMAC.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssl-1.1.1c-2.el8

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. send a 16 bytes long ciphertext in a TLS record after negotiating TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 or TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

Actual results:
server replies with decryption_failed

Expected results:
bad_record_mac alert

Additional info:
since the check is based on publicly visible data (the length of ciphertext), the difference in alert returned can't be used as a padding oracle for decryption

Trivial fix.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1840

FEDORA-EPEL-2020-ff94ccbdec has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.