Browserify is a powerful tool for JavaScript developers enabling the use of Node.js-style require() statements in browser-based code. This allows developers to organize code into modules and leverage the vast ecosystem of npm packages directly within client-side applications. Comparing versions 1.10.15 and 1.10.14, the most noticeable distinction lies in the coffee-script dependency. Version 1.10.15 broadens its compatibility by specifying 1.x.x, while the previous version, 1.10.14, was tied to ~1.1.1. This change suggests an effort to accommodate a wider range of CoffeeScript versions, potentially integrating newer features or bug fixes from the CoffeeScript ecosystem.
Beyond this, the dependency lists, including both regular and development dependencies, remain consistent between the two versions. This consistency implies that the core functionality and development tooling around Browserify remain relatively stable. Key dependencies such as resolve, optimist, detective and vm-browserify underscore Browserify's ability to handle module resolution, option parsing, dependency detection, and virtual machine functionalities within the browser. The 'MIT/X11' license also ensures broad compatibility and freedom for developers using Browserify in their projects. Developers choosing between these specific versions of Browserify should prioritize the coffee-script dependency compatibility based on their project's requirements. If using a specific version of CoffeeScript around 1.1.1 or wanting to use future versions, version 1.10.15 is recommended.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.10.15 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.