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://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2004-December/017553.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/attachments/20041215/be238297/attachment.mht http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/b3cd00f7-c0c5-452d-87bc-086c5635333e.html

The following packages are affected: mailman ja-mailman CVE-2004-1143 The password generation in mailman before 2.1.5 generates only 5 million unique passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.