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.

The following package is affected: f2c CVE-2005-0017 The f2c translator in the f2c package 3.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. CVE-2005-0018 The f2 shell script in the f2c package 3.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.