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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-02.xml http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.0rc2 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c28f4705-043f-11da-bc08-0001020eed82.html

The following packages are affected: proftpd proftpd-mysql CVE-2005-2390 Multiple format string vulnerabilities in ProFTPD before 1.3.0rc2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via (1) certain inputs to the shutdown message from ftpshut, or (2) the SQLShowInfo mod_sql directive.