The OpenSSL Project has released a new version of the encryption software, which patches several security flaws. The updated versions of OpenSSL come just a couple of days after a trio of researchers at Google revealed the POODLE attack on SSLv3. To address the issue, OpenSSL has added support for the. TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV mechanism, which prevents attackers from being able to force downgrades from. from. TLS to. SSL 3.0 contains a number of weaknesses including POODle (CVE-2014-3566)
Source: https://threatpost.com/openssl-releases-patch-for-poodle-attack/108875/