[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3974] The IV used by the 'openssl cms -encrypt -aes-256-gcm' command is not random (all zeroes).

2015-09-11 Thread Stephen Henson via RT
GCM is not supported for CMS enveloped data. Attempting to use it now returns an error. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ___ openssl-dev mailing list To

Re: [openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3974] The IV used by the 'openssl cms -encrypt -aes-256-gcm' command is not random (all zeroes).

2015-07-31 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:35:51PM +, Laetitia Baudoin via RT wrote: When encrypting using the 'openssl cms -encrypt -aes-256-gcm' command an all zero IV is used, this breaks any guarantees provided by the GCM mode (see NIST Special Publication 800-38D).

[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3974] The IV used by the 'openssl cms -encrypt -aes-256-gcm' command is not random (all zeroes).

2015-07-31 Thread Laetitia Baudoin via RT
When encrypting using the 'openssl cms -encrypt -aes-256-gcm' command an all zero IV is used, this breaks any guarantees provided by the GCM mode (see NIST Special Publication 800-38D). Version tested: openssl 1.0.2d on linux x86_64. Example: openssl cms -encrypt -in message.txt -out