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Problem Note 63141: Port vulnerability scanning software causes SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server to fail with a segmentation violation
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Port vulnerability scanning software such as Qualys and Nessus might cause SAS Scalable Performance Data Server to fail with several different error conditions. These security packages perform non-intrusive port probing on all open ports, which can cause the SPD Server process to fail with one of the following errors:
NOTE: The tcpSockRead call failed. The system error is 'The connection was reset by a peer.'.
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following
traceback information:
The SAS task name is [Line Mod] Segmentation Violation
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following
traceback information:
The SAS task name is [Line Mod] Segmentation Violation
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SPDS | SAS Scalable Peformance Data Server | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 HF1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||