The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1062807&group_id=4664&atid=104664 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110072752707293 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/a7bfd423-484f-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html

The following package is affected: cscope CVE-2004-0996 main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.