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://rsync.samba.org/#security http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2003/000011.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/5729b8ed-5d75-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html

The following package is affected: rsync CVE-2003-0962 Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and possibly escape the chroot jail.