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.sudo.ws/pipermail/sudo-announce/2010-February/000092.html http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit_escalate.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38659 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/018a84d0-2548-11df-b4a3-00e0815b8da8.html

The following package is affected: sudo CVE-2010-0426 sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in a user's home directory.