Base SAS 9.4_M8 Hot Fix Downloads

NOTE: If you install this hot fix, you must also install hot fix M3G004 for SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC 9.4_M8.
If you install this hot fix, you must also install hot fix M5Z003 for SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2 9.45.
If you install this hot fix, you must also install hot fix M5F002 for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server 9.46.

Released: November 08, 2023

Documentation: L8X034la.html

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L8X035 was replaced by L8X046

L8X037 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70340

The creation of very large log files in SAS® Studio could cause excessive and retained heap usage on SASServer2_1

L8X037

NOTE: If you install this hot fix to address the issue described in SAS Note 70340, you must also apply Base SAS 9.4_M8 hot fixes L8X046, L8X038 (Unix and Windows only), L8X039(MVS only)

Released: December 20, 2023

Documentation: L8X037la.html

Download: L8X037la.zip

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L8X038 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

69854

SAS® 9.4M8 (TS1M8) installations fail on Microsoft Windows 11, and Windows Server 2022 Datacenter and Standard; and starting SAS® produces an error

L8X001

69871

MXG code cannot read TYPE 70/72 records that are longer than 32K record due to a change that IBM made

L8X005

69974

Base SAS® does not correctly detect a Linux distribution on start-up and returns an "Unrecognized Linux Distribution" note

L8X011

70340

The creation of very large log files in SAS® Studio could cause excessive and retained heap usage on SASServer2_1

L8X038

NOTE: If you install this hot fix, you must also install hot fix L8Y001 for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M8.
If you install this hot fix to address the issue described in SAS Note 70340, you must also apply Base SAS 9.4_M8 hot fixes L8X046, and L8X037.

Released: December 20, 2023

Documentation: L8X038la.html

Download: L8X038la.zip

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L8X040 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70049

A floating point exception error occurs when using PROC METALIB

L8X015

70582

A Read access violation or segmentation violation occurs when registering DB2 Tables with foreign keys in the SAS® metadata

L8X040

Released: January 16, 2024

Documentation: L8X040la.html

Download: L8X040la.zip

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L8X042 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70621

Using %SYSCALL causes a Read Access Violation error

L8X042

Released: February 06, 2024

Documentation: L8X042la.html

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L8X043 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70088

Passwords appear in the SAS® log when the SQL procedure contains the _tree option and an embedded LIBNAME statement

L8X002

70090

A "Parse Failure..." message occurs in the SAS® log when running SPD Server PROC SQL with hex literals

L8X002

70279

The SUBSTRN and KSUBSTRN functions used in PROC SQL with a numeric first argument return an incorrect result

L8X032

70641

The column alias is not used in an ON clause that is sent to a database in SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Vertica

L8X043

Released: February 12, 2024

Documentation: L8X043la.html

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L8X044 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70140

The ODS PDF destination with ACCESSIBLE option and the PROC FACTOR procedure might generate a segmentation violation error

L8X019

70305

Using the PDFSECURITY=HIGH system option results in PDF output that is encoded with 128-bit RC4 encoding instead of AES 256 encoding

L8X025

70709

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Base SAS® and SAS/STAT®

L8X044

NOTE: All Operating Systems: To ensure that you apply all the relevant hot fixes for this product and release, search for 70709. Then, download and apply the hot fixes listed on the page for SAS Note 70709.
To ensure that your system is completely up to date with all fixes, consider using the SAS Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SASHFADD).

Released: March 08, 2024

Documentation: L8X044la.html

Download: L8X044la.zip

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L8X045 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70709

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Base SAS® and SAS/STAT®

L8X045

Released: March 12, 2024

Documentation: L8X045la.html

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L8X046 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

69952

Using the * comment operator mid-line within a format definition in PROC FORMAT might cause subsequent procedures steps to abend

L8X006

69899

Calling a user-defined function with the PROC FORMAT OTHER= argument can cause SAS® to stop responding

L8X008

70340

The creation of very large log files in SAS® Studio could cause excessive and retained heap usage on SASServer2_1

L8X035

70431

The UNIVARIATE procedure might generate a Segmentation Violation Error in SAS

L8X035

70709

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Base SAS® and SAS/STAT®

L8X046

NOTE: If you install this hot fix to address the issue described in SAS Note 70402, you must also apply L8X039 and M4B004 for Base SAS 9.4_M8.
If you install this hot fix to address the issue described in SAS Note 70340, you must also apply Base SAS 9.4_M8 hot fixes L8X037, L8X038 (Unix and Windows only), L8X039(MVS only)
If you install this hot fix you must also apply L8X047 for Base SAS 9.4_M8 and N3S001 for Base SAS User Interface 9.4 - M8

All Operating Systems: To ensure that you apply all the relevant hot fixes for this product and release, search for 70709. Then, download and apply the hot fixes listed on the page for SAS Note 70709.
To ensure that your system is completely up to date with all fixes, consider using the SAS Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SASHFADD).

Released: April 04, 2024

Documentation: L8X046la.html

Download: L8X046la.zip

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L8X047 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70709

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Base SAS® and SAS/STAT®

L8X047

NOTE: If you install this hot fix you must also apply L8X046 for Base SAS 9.4_M8 and N3S001 for Base SAS User Interface 9.4 - M8

All Operating Systems: To ensure that you apply all the relevant hot fixes for this product and release, search for 70709. Then, download and apply the hot fixes listed on the page for SAS Note 70709.
To ensure that your system is completely up to date with all fixes, consider using the SAS Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SASHFADD).

Released: April 04, 2024

Documentation: L8X047la.html

Download: L8X047la.zip

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L8X048 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70722

Running PROC UPLOAD or PROC DOWNLOAD between a SAS/CONNECT® client on SAS® Viya® and a SAS® 9.4 SAS/CONNECT® spawner fails with "Insufficient memory"

L8X048

Released: March 27, 2024

Documentation: L8X048la.html

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M4B001 was replaced by M4B004

M4B002 was replaced by M4B004

M4B003 was replaced by M4B004

M4B004 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70230

SAS® 9.4M8 (TS1M8) might display an OpenSSL 3 "legacy" provider warning at initialization

M4B001

70504

Support for the IBM "System SSL" for z64

M4B004

70496

The SAS® Environment Manager Service Architecture enablement might fail on getDBMirror if FIPS is enabled

M4B004

NOTE: If you install this hot fix to address the issue described in SAS Note 70402, you must also apply L8X029 and L8X030 for Base SAS 9.4_M8.

Released: February 07, 2024

Documentation: M4B004la.html ^D

Download: M4B004la.zip

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M8S001 was replaced by M8S002

M8S002 for Linux for x64

Base SAS 9.4_M8

Issue(s) Addressed:

Introduced:

70344

The PHREG procedure contains a stack-corruption vulnerability if you incorrectly specify the RUN statement

M8S001

70505

PROC FCMP package names might not find the function and return "WARNING: Cannot find function 'function_name' in any of the libraries specified"

M8S001

70466

SAS® Model Implementation Platform returns an error when loading a large number of models

M8S001

70709

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Base SAS® and SAS/STAT®

M8S002

Released: March 05, 2024

Documentation: M8S002la.html ^D

Download: M8S002la.zip

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