Apparently if you have a Java 7 app, and if the app connects to a HTTPS endpoint, TLS 1.0 is used by default with a weak cipher suite ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA.
Interestingly, Java 7 does support TLS 1.2 but not enabled by default. So now, If the company managing the HTTPS endpoint decide to disable TLS 1.0 for better security, the client java7 app wont be able to connect to it, because It will use TLS v1.0.
Fortunately, there is a very simple way to make a change from TLS v1.0 to v1.2. Changes below are for a Windows 2012 Tomcat hosted Java 7 app.
1) Stop the Tomcat windows service.
2) Open Tomcat configuration panel (should be listed as “Configure Tomcat” in the start menu).
3) Go to Java tab > Java Options > Add the below lines at the end (screenshot below). Note you may add as many as ciphers as supported by the HTTPS endpoint you are connecting to.
-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2
-Dhttps.cipherSuites=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
4) Start the Tomcat windows service.
By the way, there are a number of supported cipher suites by Java 7 on TLS v1.2.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/security/SunProviders.html#SunJSSEProvider
The supported ciphers can be added as a comma separated list in the cipher suites options.
Dhttps.cipherSuites=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
