Browserify version 1.10.12 represents a minor update over its predecessor, 1.10.11, primarily distinguished by its release date. Both versions maintain the same core functionality: enabling developers to utilize Node.js-style require() statements within browser environments for organizing JavaScript code and leveraging npm modules. The dependencies and development dependencies remain entirely consistent between the two versions, encompassing essential libraries like resolve for module path resolution, optimist for command-line argument parsing, and coffee-script for CoffeeScript compilation. Development tools such as tap for testing, jade for templating, and ecstatic for static file serving are also unchanged.
For developers considering Browserify, these versions offer a stable and familiar environment for modular JavaScript development. Key benefits include the ability to structure front-end applications with the modularity typically associated with Node.js, facilitating code reuse and maintainability. Browserify's comprehensive dependency management ensures that all required modules, including those from npm, are bundled efficiently for browser delivery. While the differences between 1.10.11 and 1.10.12 appear minimal from a code perspective, the newer release may incorporate subtle bug fixes or performance improvements, making it the slightly preferable choice for new projects or updates. Developers can continue to rely on Browserify's core strength: simplifying complex JavaScript projects by bringing the power of server-side module management to the client-side.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.10.12 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.