Problem Note 63449: The METALIB procedure contains a security vulnerability
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Severity: Medium
Description: A database management system (DBMS) library vulnerability has been identified in the METALIB procedure. Under certain circumstances, PROC METALIB might display the SAS002 encoded password for a DBMS library.
Potential Impact: The password could be compromised by an attacker.
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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 | z/OS | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#63449A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#63449
PROC METALIB might display a password in the SAS® log.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> METALIB System Administration ==> system administration |
| Date Modified: | 2019-05-17 09:02:58 |
| Date Created: | 2019-01-04 11:19:20 |