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.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=8 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-21.html http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=114659633220473 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/a8d8713e-dc83-11da-a22b-000c6ec775d9.html

The following package is affected: mysql-server CVE-2006-1518 Buffer overflow in the open_table function in sql_base.cc in MySQL 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted COM_TABLE_DUMP packets with invalid length values.