OpenSSL unable to decrypt private key when in FIPS mode in RHEL 6.2
Issue
When OpenSSL is configured for FIPS mode, it throws the following error when decrypting certain private keys.
unable to load Private Key
140324849076040:error:060800A0:digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:unknown cipher:digest.c:248:
140324849076040:error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt:evp_enc.c:535:
140324849076040:error:0906A065:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad decrypt:pem_lib.c:476:
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2
OpenSSL-1.0.0-20.el6_2.4.x86_64
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