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title: "CVE-2011-5275\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-5275

Publication date 21 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The install script in Domain Technologie Control (DTC) before 0.34.1 gives
sudo permissions for chrootuid to the dtc user, which makes it easier for
context-dependent users to gain privileges.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dtc | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5275)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5275)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-5275)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5275)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637618>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2365>
* <http://git.gplhost.com/gitweb/?p=dtc.git;a=blob;f=debian/changelog;hb=3eb6ef5cea6c571aae5e49e1930de778eca280c3>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5275>