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://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-582 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109880813013482 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9ff4c91e-328c-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html

The following packages are affected: libxml libxml2 CVE-2004-0989 Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.