net-snmp programs crash with sha224, sha256, sha384, or sha512 certificates on assertion failure

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Errors similar to the following can be seen in the logs or on the terminal:

    unknown hash algorithm 4
    netsnmp_assert (lhs->fingerprint != ((void *)0)) && (rhs->fingerprint != ((void *)0)) failed cert_util.c:561 _cert_compare()
    
  • All programs from the net-snmp or net-snmp-utils package, including snmpd can crash on segmentation fault with error similar to the following:

    snmpd[<pid>]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fcb8d793156 sp 00007ffd7e0c9cc8 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7fcb8d649000+1c3000]
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • net-snmp with D(TLS)

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