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.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/ http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/6afa87d3-764b-11d9-b0e7-0000e249a0a2.html

The following packages are affected: python python23 python22 python-devel CVE-2005-0089 The SimpleXMLRPCServer library module in Python 2.2, 2.3 before 2.3.5, and 2.4, when used by XML-RPC servers that use the register_instance method to register an object without a _dispatch method, allows remote attackers to read or modify globals of the associated module, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via dotted attributes.