Problem Note 61250: The sasauth module does not correctly call pam_end() on all error conditions to end the PAM connection
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In a small number of error conditions, the sasauth module is not correctly calling pam_end() to terminate the PAM session. At this time, no adverse affects have been seen when authentication for the SAS® software is configured to use PAM.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#61250A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Secure 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B5S.html#61250A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B5M.html#61250A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Secure 9.4_M4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B5R.html#61250A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Secure 9.4_M2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/T27.html#61250
The sasauth module does not correctly call pam_end() on all error conditions to end the PAM connection. This does not appear to cause any issues.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2017-10-24 12:32:51 |
| Date Created: | 2017-10-16 11:58:07 |