Vunerability scan reports Weak SSL/TLS Key Exchange

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

Situation

When targeting SUSE Linux Enterprise based products with security scanners, a weak SSL/TLS Key Exchange is reported for a listener port related to a java process.

Resolution

Adapt the cipher settings for HTTP services as for java jvm by adjusting the

jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=...

inside the java security file

$JRE_HOME/conf/security/java.security

Cause

Requirement to remove key exchange algorithm which got declared as too weak.

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