The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7205 advisory.

  - Various `node:fs` functions allow specifying paths as either strings or `Uint8Array` objects. In Node.js     environments, the `Buffer` class extends the `Uint8Array` class. Node.js prevents path traversal through     strings (see CVE-2023-30584) and `Buffer` objects (see CVE-2023-32004), but not through non-`Buffer`     `Uint8Array` objects. This is distinct from CVE-2023-32004 which only referred to `Buffer` objects.
    However, the vulnerability follows the same pattern using `Uint8Array` instead of `Buffer`. Please note     that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
    (CVE-2023-39332)

  - Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client written from scratch for Node.js. Prior to version 5.26.2, Undici already     cleared Authorization headers on cross-origin redirects, but did not clear `Cookie` headers. By design,     `cookie` headers are forbidden request headers, disallowing them to be set in RequestInit.headers in     browser environments. Since undici handles headers more liberally than the spec, there was a disconnect     from the assumptions the spec made, and undici's implementation of fetch. As such this may lead to     accidental leakage of cookie to a third-party site or a malicious attacker who can control the redirection     target (ie. an open redirector) to leak the cookie to the third party site. This was patched in version     5.26.2. There are no known workarounds. (CVE-2023-45143)

  - When the Node.js policy feature checks the integrity of a resource against a trusted manifest, the     application can intercept the operation and return a forged checksum to the node's policy implementation,     thus effectively disabling the integrity check. Impacts: This vulnerability affects all users using the     experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 18.x and, 20.x. Please note that at the time     this CVE was issued, the policy mechanism is an experimental feature of Node.js. (CVE-2023-38552)

  - Maliciously crafted export names in an imported WebAssembly module can inject JavaScript code. The     injected code may be able to access data and functions that the WebAssembly module itself does not have     access to, similar to as if the WebAssembly module was a JavaScript module. Impacts: Thanks to dittyroma     for reporting the issue and to Tobias Nieen for fixing it. (CVE-2023-39333)

  - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation     can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

  - A previously disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2023-30584) was patched insufficiently in commit 205f1e6. The     new path traversal vulnerability arises because the implementation does not protect itself against the     application overwriting built-in utility functions with user-defined implementations. Please note that at     the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js. (CVE-2023-39331)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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