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://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106399528518704 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/322d4ff6-85c3-11d8-a41f-0020ed76ef5a.html

The following package is affected: mc CVE-2003-1023 Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.