AVA version 1.4.0 introduces several updates and refinements compared to the previous stable release, 1.3.1, offering developers enhanced testing capabilities and a smoother experience. A key difference lies in the dependency updates, particularly within the Babel ecosystem, a crucial element for modern JavaScript development. Version 1.4.0 upgrades @babel/core and @babel/generator to version 7.4.0 from 7.3.4, alongside @ava/babel-preset-transform-test-files to version 5.0.0 . These upgrades bring the latest features and bug fixes from Babel.
Beyond Babel, several other dependencies have been updated, reflecting a commitment to staying current with ecosystem improvements. Chokidar goes from version 2.1.2 to 2.1.5 and strip-ansi goes from 5.0.0 to 5.2.0. These updates can bring with them performance improvements. A number of devDependencies were also updated, including typescript (3.3.4000), tap (12.6.1) and react (16.8.5).
Developers using AVA will appreciate these incremental improvements, as they contribute to a more stable and efficient testing environment. The updated dependencies are essential for projects using modern JavaScript syntax and features, ensuring better compatibility and fewer potential conflicts. The focus on keeping dependencies current demonstrates AVA's commitment to providing a reliable and up-to-date testing solution for the JavaScript community, especially for Node.js projects. AVA continues to be a strong choice for developers seeking a simple and effective testing framework.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.4.0 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.
