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. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rubyonrails-security/vxJjrc15qYM http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ae2fa87c-4bca-4138-8be1-67ce2a19b3a8.html

The following package is affected: rubygem-actionpack CVE-2012-3424 The decode_credentials method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.16, 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and 3.2.x before 3.2.7 converts Digest Authentication strings to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging access to an application that uses a with_http_digest helper method, as demonstrated by the authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest method.