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://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-08/msg00802.html http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c1e5f35e-f93d-11e1-b07f-00235a5f2c9a.html

The following package is affected: emacs CVE-2012-3479 lisp/files.el in Emacs 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, and 24.1 automatically executes eval forms in local-variable sections when the enable-local-variables option is set to :safe, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Emacs Lisp code via a crafted file.