Sshd service fails with an error " loading shared libraries:libcrypto.so.xx cannot open shared object file"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to start the sshd service, it fails with errors similar to below:
# service sshd start 
Starting sshd: /usr/sbin/sshd: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory  [Failed]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.10
  • SSHD

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