CVE-2002-0740: Slrn Development Team Slrn

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in slrnpull for the SLRN package, when installed setuid or setgid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -d (SPOOLDIR) argument.

Affected products

• Slrn Development Team Slrn: version 0.9.6.2 only; version 0.9.6.3 only; version 0.9.6.4 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.