Installation Note 71068: SAS® 9.4M8 (TS1M8) encounters OpenSSL errors on RHEL 9.5
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 was released on November 12, 2024. This version of the operating system included updates to the version of OpenSSL installed with the operating system.
The new version, OpenSSL 3.2.2, results in errors when used with SAS 9.4M8 similar to the following:
2024-11-19T10:19:51,374 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load AES encryption algorithm. Using SASPROPRIETARY for password storage.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Using SASPROPRIETARY for password fetch.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,384 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load AES encryption algorithm. Using SASPROPRIETARY for password storage.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Using SASPROPRIETARY for password fetch.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,384 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,398 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,399 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load SHA-256 hash algorithm. Using MD5 for password hash.ibrary (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,398 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,399 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load SHA-256 hash algorithm. Using MD5 for password hash
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load AES encryption algorithm. Using SASPROPRIETARY for password storage.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Using SASPROPRIETARY for password fetch.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,384 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load AES encryption algorithm. Using SASPROPRIETARY for password storage.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,375 INFO [00000009] :sas - Using SASPROPRIETARY for password fetch.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,384 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,398 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,399 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load SHA-256 hash algorithm. Using MD5 for password hash.ibrary (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,398 ERROR [00000009] :sas - The OpenSSL library (libssl) cannot be located.
2024-11-19T10:19:51,399 INFO [00000009] :sas - Unable to load SHA-256 hash algorithm. Using MD5 for password hash
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | N/A | Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M8 | |
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M8 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/L8X.html#71068
Due to changes in the version of OpenSSL shipped with RHEL 9.5, SAS 9.4M8 will report errors when trying to use encryption
| Type: | Installation Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2024-12-11 12:43:33 |
| Date Created: | 2024-12-03 10:49:01 |