"java.sql.SQLRecoverableException: IO Error: No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)" raised by Oracle Driver in JBoss Web Server 3.1 - Tomcat 7/8

Issue

After upgrading to container images "webserver31-tomcat7-openshift :1.2-6" and "webserver31-tomcat8-openshift :1.2-6" , java applications could no longer connect to an oracle database with error:

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java.sql.SQLRecoverableException: IO Error: No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:752)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.connect(PhysicalConnection.java:666)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:32)
        at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:566)
        at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource.getPhysicalConnection(OracleDataSource.java:317)
        at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource.getConnection(OracleDataSource.java:241)
        at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource.getConnection(OracleDataSource.java:184)
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