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Problem Note 35907: Man-in-the-middle/downgrade attacks could cause credentials to improperly encrypt during the initial login from a SAS® client

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A Man–in–the–middle/downgrade attack can be performed on SAS clients. As a result, the credentials might not encrypt properly during the initial login from a SAS client.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASMicrosoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server9.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server9.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server9.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional9.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation9.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Windows Vista9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
64-bit Enabled AIX9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
64-bit Enabled HP-UX9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
HP-UX IPF9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Linux9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Linux on Itanium9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
OpenVMS Alpha9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Solaris for x649.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
Tru64 UNIX9.1 TS1M3 SP49.2 TS2M2
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.