Problem Note 65379: Attempting to use a template generated by the Output Delivery System (ODS) might cause SAS® to crash
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Severity: Medium
Description: Attempting to use a template generated by ODS might cause SAS to crash. This issue occurs when the ODS template name contains more than 32 characters.
Potential Impact: The issue mentioned above could possibly be used to initiate a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, depending on what happens to the process that runs this code. This condition could result in a lack of confidentiality, integrity, or availability, which might result in a cyber breach.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
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_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#65379| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2020-01-30 09:58:52 |
| Date Created: | 2020-01-20 09:42:02 |