Problem Note 68791: A security vulnerability can occur with the X12 or X13 procedures when the FORCE=TOTALS or FORCE=BOTH option is specified
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Severity: High
Description: If the FORCE=TOTALS or FORCE=BOTH option is specified in the X11 statement, and the time series span is more than 186 years, PROC X12 or PROC X13 might cause SAS® to terminate or stop processing with the following errors:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
The SAS task name is [X12]
ERROR: Read Access Violation X12
Exception occurred at (25E1D580)
Task Traceback
ERROR: Read Access Violation X12
Exception occurred at (25E1D580)
Task Traceback
There is no circumvention for this problem.
Potential Impact: The resulting read access violation introduces a potential security risk.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ETS | HP-UX IPF | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| z/OS | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 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 SAS/ETS 15.2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/J4K.html#68791
PROC X12 or PROC X13 might cause SAS® to terminate or stop processing with errors if the FORCE=TOTALS or FORCE=BOTH option is specified in the X11 statement and the series span more than 186 years.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Econometrics Analytics ==> Time Series Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> X12 SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> X13 |
| Date Modified: | 2022-06-15 12:54:46 |
| Date Created: | 2022-01-14 15:45:43 |