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R-180: Kernel Security and Bug Fix Update

There is a flaw in the Omnikey CardMan 4040 driver. The risk is LOW. Allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. In order to exploit this issue, the Omnikey CardMan 4040 PCMCI card must be present and the local user must have access rights to the character device created by the driver.

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priv_names

priv_names(4)							   File Formats 						     priv_names(4)

NAME

       priv_names - privilege definition file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/security/priv_names

DESCRIPTION

       The  priv_names	file,  located	in /etc/security, defines the privileges with which a process can be associated. See privileges(5) for the
       privilege definitions. In that man page, privileges correspond to privilege names in priv_names as shown in the following examples:

       name in privileges(5)	     Name in priv_names
       PRIV_FILE_CHOWN		     file_chown
       PRIV_FILE_CHOWN_SELF	     file_chown_self
       PRIV_FILE_DAC_EXECUTE	     file_dac_execute

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ppriv(1), attributes(5), privileges(5)

SunOS 5.10							    24 Nov 2003 						     priv_names(4)