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Red Hat Enterprise Linux GnuTLS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3012 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

Red Hat Enterprise Linux GnuTLS Cryptographic Module, from Red Hat®, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3012 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. SP 800-56Arev3 transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3012
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versions5.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the TLS and DTLS protocols. It provides a simple C language application programming interface to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PCKS#12, and other required structures which is shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms (9)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES4658, 4659, 4660, 4661, 4662, 4663
CVL1307, 1308, 1309, 1310
DRBG1574, 1575
DSA1233, 1234
ECDSA1146, 1147
HMAC3086, 3087
RSA2542, 2543
SHS3817, 3818, 3819, 3820
Triple-DES2479, 2480

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #1307 and #1309; key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #1307 and #1309, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); MD5; NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2017-09-08Initialatsec information security corporation

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2017-09-08

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