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://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4017 http://lists.mysql.com/internals/14726 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-611.html http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=10658 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/835256b8-46ed-11d9-8ce0-00065be4b5b6.html

The following packages are affected: mysql-server mysql-client CVE-2004-0836 Buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in MySQL 4.x before 4.0.21, and 3.x before 3.23.49, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.