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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1968

The Raccoon attack exploits a flaw in the TLS specification which can lead to an attacker being able to compute the pre-master secret in connections which have used a Diffie-Hellman (DH) based ciphersuite. In such a case this would result in the attacker being able to eavesdrop on all encrypted communications sent over that TLS connection. The attack can only be exploited if an implementation re-uses a DH secret across multiple TLS connections. Note that this issue only impacts DH ciphersuites and not ECDH ciphersuites. This issue affects OpenSSL 1.0.2 which is out of support and no longer receiving public updates. OpenSSL 1.1.1 is not vulnerable to this issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2w (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2v).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published September 9, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change April 27, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS openssl

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS openssl1.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS openssl

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS edk2

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS openssl

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS openssl

7 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1968

The Raccoon attack exploits a flaw in the TLS specification which can lead to an attacker being able to compute the pre-master secret in connections which have used a Diffie-Hellman (DH) based ciphersuite. In such a case this would result in the attacker being able to eavesdrop on all encrypted communications sent over that TLS connection. The attack can only be exploited if an implementation re-uses a DH secret across multiple TLS connections. Note that this issue only impacts DH ciphersuites and not ECDH ciphersuites. This issue affects OpenSSL 1.0.2 which is out of support and no longer receiving public updates. OpenSSL 1.1.1 is not vulnerable to this issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2w (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2v).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence