The remote host is missing an update to linux-ftpd-ssl announced via advisory DSA 896-1. A buffer overflow has been discovered in ftpd-ssl, a simple BSD FTP server with SSL encryption support, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain linux-ftpd-ssl packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.18+0.3-3sarge1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your ftpd-ssl package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20896-1