The remote host is missing an update to mysql-dfsg-4.1 announced via advisory DSA 783-1. Eric Romang discovered a temporary file vulnerability in a script accompanied with MySQL, a popular database, that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands when the server is installed or updated. The old stable distribution (woody) as well as mysql-dfsg are not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1_4.1.11a-4sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.12 for mysql-dfsg-4.1 and 5.0.11beta-3 of mysql-dfsg-5.0. We recommend that you upgrade your mysql packages. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20783-1