Sudo and Yum commands encounter an error stating, ImportError: /lib64/libldap.so.2: undefined symbol: EVP_md2, version OPENSSL_3.0.0.

Issue

• The command sudo su - encounters an error stating unable to load /usr/libexec/sudo/sudoers.so: /lib64/libldap.so.2: undefined symbol: EVP_md2, version OPENSSL_3.0.0.

  # sudo su -
  sudo: error in /etc/sudo.conf, line 14 while loading plugin "sudoers_policy"
  sudo: unable to load /usr/libexec/sudo/sudoers.so: /lib64/libldap.so.2: undefined symbol: EVP_md2, version OPENSSL_3.0.0
  sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins
  

• Yum commands encounter an error stating, ImportError: /lib64/libldap.so.2: undefined symbol: EVP_md2, version OPENSSL_3.0.0.

  # yum repolist all
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 61, in <module>
      from dnf.cli import main
    File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dnf/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
      import dnf.base
    File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dnf/base.py", line 29, in <module>
      import libdnf.transaction
    File "/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/libdnf/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
      from . import conf
    File "/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/libdnf/conf.py", line 13, in <module>
      from . import _conf
  ImportError: /lib64/libldap.so.2: undefined symbol: EVP_md2, version OPENSSL_3.0.0