Problem Note 68783: A security vulnerability occurs with PDF and Excel ODS destinations as a result of memory leaks
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Severity: High
Description: Memory leaks might occur as a result of using the ODS PDF and Excel destinations. Stack-corruption errors and segmentation violations might be displayed.
Potential Impact: Any segmentation violation or stack corruption can introduce a security risk.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.
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_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at
http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.5&softwareContextId=softwareUpdatesA fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M7 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I9R.html#68783| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2022-01-20 10:12:39 |
| Date Created: | 2022-01-14 07:15:12 |