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://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/cf0fb426-3f96-11d8-b096-0020ed76ef5a.html

The following package is affected: proftpd CVE-2003-0831 ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.