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/xfdb/16996 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-537 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109267579822250&w=2 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/e811aaf1-f015-11d8-876f-00902714cc7c.html

The following package is affected: ruby CVE-2004-0755 The FileStore capability in CGI::Session for Ruby before 1.8.1, and possibly PStore, creates files with insecure permissions, which can allow local users to steal session information and hijack sessions.