A new security vulnerability called POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) is currently in the news. This is the result of a flaw in the SSL 3.0 protocol and the specific attack and may allow a man-in-the-middle to intercept parts of SSL encrypted communications. This has the potential to affect any SSL encrypted communications and thus requests to communicate with Serena Deployment Automation (SDA) are affected. For customers to make sure their installations are secure there are mitigation steps they can take to secure the SDA Server and Serena Common Tomcat .