AVA is a popular JavaScript test runner known for its simplicity and speed, leveraging features like concurrent test execution to improve performance. Comparing version 1.0.1 with the older 0.25.0 reveals several key updates beneficial for developers. The newer version boasts updated dependencies, aligning with modern JavaScript development practices and potentially incorporating performance improvements and bug fixes from those dependencies. For example, chalk was updated from 2.0.1 to 2.4.1 possibly enhancing terminal styling.
A notable change is the introduction of esm as a dependency in v1.0.1, indicating enhanced support for ES modules, a core feature of modern JavaScript. Also, dependencies as @babel/* are introduced, meaning that there are significant upgrades and changes in the module building. The update from babel-core to @babel/core also confirms. This move simplifies the process of testing code written with the latest JavaScript syntax. Additionally, the updated dependencies indicate a focus on a cleaner and more maintainable codebase.
Developers considering AVA for their projects will appreciate these improvements, particularly the enhanced ES module support. The shift towards more recent versions of core utilities ensures better compatibility, stability, and access to the latest features within the JavaScript ecosystem. By including more of the babel features in the dependencies, the framework ensures compatibility with the latest Javascript standards.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.0.1 of the package
yargs-parser Vulnerable to Prototype Pollution
Affected versions of yargs-parser are vulnerable to prototype pollution. Arguments are not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to modify the prototype of Object, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Parsing the argument --foo.__proto__.bar baz' adds a bar property with value baz to all objects. This is only exploitable if attackers have control over the arguments being passed to yargs-parser.
Upgrade to versions 13.1.2, 15.0.1, 18.1.1 or later.
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in trim-newlines
@rkesters/gnuplot is an easy to use node module to draw charts using gnuplot and ps2pdf. The trim-newlines package before 3.0.1 and 4.x before 4.0.1 for Node.js has an issue related to regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) for the .end() method.
Uncontrolled resource consumption in braces
The NPM package braces fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In lib/parse.js, if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in micromatch
The NPM package micromatch prior to version 4.0.8 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). The vulnerability occurs in micromatch.braces() in index.js because the pattern .* will greedily match anything. By passing a malicious payload, the pattern matching will keep backtracking to the input while it doesn't find the closing bracket. As the input size increases, the consumption time will also increase until it causes the application to hang or slow down. There was a merged fix but further testing shows the issue persisted prior to https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch/pull/266. This issue should be mitigated by using a safe pattern that won't start backtracking the regular expression due to greedy matching.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.
Got allows a redirect to a UNIX socket
The got package before 11.8.5 and 12.1.0 for Node.js allows a redirect to a UNIX socket.
