The remote host is missing an update to slocate announced via advisory DSA 252-1.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20252-1

A problem has been discovered in slocate, a secure locate replacement. A buffer overflow in the setuid program slocate can be used to execute arbitrary code as superuser. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-1.3.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this problem. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately.