Browserify is a powerful tool that lets developers use Node.js-style require() statements in browser-side JavaScript, enabling the organization of code into modules and leveraging the vast ecosystem of npm packages. Versions 1.10.0 and 1.10.1 are closely related, sharing the same core functionality and most dependencies, including essential libraries like resolve for module resolution, optimist for command-line argument parsing, and coffee-script for CoffeeScript support. This allows developers to write modular JavaScript code for the browser just like in Node.js. Both versions also bundle helpful tools like vm-browserify and http-browserify for emulating core Node.js modules within the browser environment.
The key observable difference between these versions lies in their release dates. Version 1.10.1 was released shortly after 1.10.0 suggests a minor update, likely addressing bug fixes or small improvements. Developers might want to upgrade to the later version (1.10.1) to benefit from any potential stability enhancements or resolved issues present in the previous release. Given the identical dependency lists and descriptions, the update is likely a safe and recommended one for existing Browserify users to stay current. Especially if they encountered any problems with version 1.10.0. Both versions are licensed under MIT/X11, and the source code is available on GitHub, making it easy to contribute and customize based on developer needs.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.10.1 of the package
Incorrect Handling of Non-Boolean Comparisons During Minification in uglify-js
Versions of uglify-js prior to 2.4.24 are affected by a vulnerability which may cause crafted JavaScript to have altered functionality after minification.
Upgrade UglifyJS to version >= 2.4.24.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in uglify-js
Versions of uglify-js prior to 2.6.0 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when malicious inputs are passed into the parse() method.
var u = require('uglify-js');
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = "";
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
u.parse("var a = " + genstr(process.argv[2], "1") + ".1ee7;");
$ time node test.js 10000
real 0m1.091s
user 0m1.047s
sys 0m0.039s
$ time node test.js 80000
real 0m6.486s
user 0m6.229s
sys 0m0.094s
Update to version 2.6.0 or later.