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Problem Note 68813: A stack-corruption vulnerability occurs with a SAS® session that contains a long WHERE clause with unbalanced parentheses
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Severity: High
Description: Within a DATA step, if a long WHERE clause is issued with unbalanced parentheses, the stack might become corrupted. Here is an example of an error that you can encounter: Error: Buffer overrun occurred, forced exit Aborted (core dumped).
Potential Impact: This corruption might result in a vulnerability to arbitrary code execution or to denial-of-service attacks.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Viya | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows Vista | 3.5 | Viya | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||
| Linux for x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya | ||