Posted on Tuesday April 14, 2015 | security alerts
Revision Note: V3.0 (April 14, 2015): Revised advisory to announce with the release of security update 3038314 on April 14, 2015 SSL 3.0 is disabled by default in Internet Explorer 11, and to add instructions for how to undo the workarounds.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of detailed information that has been published describing a new method to exploit a vulnerability in SSL 3.0. This is an industry-wide vulnerability affecting the SSL 3.0 protocol itself and is not specific to the Windows operating system. All supported versions of Microsoft Windows implement this protocol and are affected by this vulnerability. Microsoft is not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerability at this time. Considering the attack scenario, this vulnerability is not considered high risk to customers.
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