Problem Note 69835: The SGPANEL procedure contains an improper error-handling vulnerability
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Severity: High
Description: PROC SGPANEL might produce a stack-trace error when you specify the SYMBOLCHAR statement with an invalid Unicode value that is longer than 8 characters.
Potential Impact: An attacker could use a resulting stack trace to gather information.
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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 | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M7 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I9R.html#69835
When you use the SGPANEL procedure with a SYMBOLCHAR statement that references an invalid Unicode value, a stack-track error could be produced.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2023-02-15 14:35:43 |
| Date Created: | 2023-01-26 11:51:55 |