"RSA-keyGen-FIPS186-5: General exception. Contact service provider."

[erichanson7]

environment
DEMO

testSessionId
Unable to create a new session

vsId
Not getting this far

Algorithm registration
{
"isSample": false,
"algorithms": [
{
"algorithm": "RSA",
"mode": "keyGen",
"revision": "FIPS186-5",
"prereqVals": [
{
"algorithm": "DRBG",
"valValue": "same"
},
{
"algorithm": "SHA",
"valValue": "same"
}
],
"infoGeneratedByServer": false,
"pubExpMode": "fixed",
"fixedPubExp": "010001",
"keyFormat": "standard",
"capabilities": [
{
"randPQ": "probable",
"properties": [
{
"modulo": 2048,
"hashAlg": [
"SHA2-224"
],
"pMod8": 1,
"qMod8": 1
}
]
},
{
"randPQ": "probable",
"properties": [
{
"modulo": 2048,
"primeTest": [
"2pow100"
],
"pMod8": 0,
"qMod8": 3
}
]
}
]
}
]
}

Endpoint in which the error is experienced

Expected behavior
Would expect that the above would download/return request vectors.

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.
If you change the first instance of:

        "randPQ": "probable",

to:

           "randPQ": "provable",

The correct behavior is observed.

[jbrock24]

Hi @erichanson7 , thank you for bringing this to our attention. The error you are getting is:

Error NIST.CVP.ACVTS.Libraries.Generation.Core.Generator 4 System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. -- for the primeTest field.

A primeTest is required when a randPQ of probable is used as noted here in section 7.5.1 of the RSA documentation. We are not erroring properly here checking for null before accessing members, and I have fixed this in the code. It will go out with the next incremental release. We'll reply here when it's available.

We appreciate the assistance in making the ACVP better!

[erichanson7]

@jbrock24 Thank You Joel for the quick response! That worked!