CentOS

Hi,

I am running CentOS 7.5.1804 in FIPS mode. When trying to hash a file using /usr/bin/sha512sum <FILE_NAME>, I get the following error:

sha512.c(81): OpenSSL internal error, assertion failed: Low level API call to digest SHA512 forbidden in FIPS mode!
Aborted

I also tried running openssl dgst command. It fails with error:

Error setting digest dgst
139795816437648:error:060A80A3:digital envelope routines:FIPS_DIGESTINIT:disabled for fips:fips_md.c:180:

Please advice.

This appears to explain why it's not allowed:

http://openssl.6102.n7.nabble.com/Low-L ... 54983.html

Not sure why you're trying to use FIPS mode on CentOS though as it's not certified so is effectively meaningless.

Thanks for the reply. The URL suggests to use EVP_Message_Digests. However, there's nothing I have implemented here and am just using the sha512sum binary provided by coreutils package.

rpm -qf /usr/bin/sha512sum
coreutils-8.22-21.el7.x86_64

I am using openssl version: OpenSSL 1.0.2o-fips

The same call works on CentOS6.7 in FIPS mode. The openssl version is also same on centOS6.7. Not sure what is the problem here.

I am using openssl version: OpenSSL 1.0.2o-fips

We only support what we ship and we ship openssl 1.0.2k.