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://secunia.com/advisories/32840/ http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/baece347-c489-11dd-a721-0030843d3802.html

The following packages are affected: wireshark wireshark-lite ethereal ethereal-lite tethereal tethereal-lite CVE-2008-5285 Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.