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://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c01170bf-4990-11da-a1b8-000854d03344.html

The following package is affected: lynx CVE-2005-3120 Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.