Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 983890
OpenSSL Errors in FIPS mode don't get any clue what got wrong
Last modified: 2013-08-21 06:19:08 EDT
Description of problem: A bit related to bug #876424 and originated from bug #877124. MySQL/MariaDB seems to do everything it can to give users enough information what got wrong during SSL connection set-up, since it calls ERR_error_string_n(), which should return human-readable text. Well, it is actually what it does, but when we try to use SSL connection in FIPS mode, we get "error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1)", which still doesn't give any clue what got wrong. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openssl-1.0.1e-11.el7.x86_64 mariadb-5.5.31-4.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create certs/keys according to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/creating-ssl-certs.html 2. Configure daemon/client to use SSL 3. $ mysql Actual results: ERROR 2026 (HY000): SSL connection error: error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1) Expected results: ERROR 2026 (HY000): SSL connection error: error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1):Cipher XXX is not allowed in FIPS mode.
Hmm this is very weird. The error number/lib/func/reason does not make any sense. I will try to reproduce.
Unfortunately I cannot reproduce - the defaults work for me without problems. SHOW STATUS LIKE 'Ssl_cipher'; +---------------+--------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +---------------+--------------------+ | Ssl_cipher | DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA | +---------------+--------------------+ This is something that works and should work given the DH key length is now 1024 bits.
Sorry for the false positive report, the error I saw was most probably caused by the following [1]: Whatever method you use to generate the certificate and key files, the Common Name value used for the server and client certificates/keys must each differ from the Common Name value used for the CA certificate. Otherwise, the certificate and key files will not work for servers compiled using OpenSSL. A typical error in this case is: ERROR 2026 (HY000): SSL connection error: error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1) [1] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/creating-ssl-certs.html