SLOTH security vulnerability CVE-2015-7575

A potential security vulnerability exists in the MD5 algorithm, which is used in Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. Use of the MD5 algorithm is therefore disabled by default in the SDK.

The jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms property value includes MD5 by default.

The jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms property value includes MD5wthRSA by default.

For more information about these security properties, see Disabled and restricted cryptographic algorithms. For more information about the SLOTH security vulnerability, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/540581.