I've tried to reproduce on Lunar and got a CSR. I'm going to mark this as Fix Released.
** Changed in: openssl (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832822 Title: functionality stopped working (extra new_oids policy) Status in openssl package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Unable to generate certificate request targeting new_oids policy. It used to work on this machine, looks like openssl got updated just few days ago: 12-06-2019 The command and exit result: gge@itstools-04:~/ssl_ownca/direct_1$ openssl req -new -key direct_1.key -out direct_1.csr -subj '/2.5.4.97=direct_1/O=Sample Direct 1/C=NL/ST=NorthHolland/L=Amsterdam/CN=direct_1.sample.net' problem creating object psd2=2.5.4.97 140648544747968:error:08064066:object identifier routines:OBJ_create:oid exists:../crypto/objects/obj_dat.c:709: gge@itstools-04:~/ssl_ownca/direct_1$ echo $? 1 No CSR file is produced (openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.1) re-playing this on different machines provides correct results: fresh unupdated ubuntu-18.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso install: openssl 1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.1 old unupdated CentOS release 6.10 (Final): openssl-1.0.1e-57.el6.x86_64 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-50.54-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-50-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 14 10:00:10 2019 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: openssl UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.ssl.openssl.cnf: 2019-06-14T09:29:39.313665 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/1832822/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp