Browserify version 1.10.8 represents a minor update to the popular browserify package, a tool that allows developers to use Node.js-style require() statements in browser-side JavaScript. Comparing it to the immediately preceding version 1.10.7, the core functionality related to browser-side module management remains consistent, ensuring a smooth transition for existing users. The dependencies, reflecting the underlying tools browserify relies on, are identical across both versions, so no specific dependency updates influence the upgrade.
The key discernible difference lies in the release date – version 1.10.8 was published approximately a week after version 1.10.7. This suggests that the newer release likely incorporates bug fixes, performance improvements, or very minor feature enhancements that didn't warrant a major or minor version bump. Developers already using browserify 1.10.7 should consider upgrading to 1.10.8 to benefit from these incremental improvements which, while not explicitly detailed in this data, improve stability ,security and efficiency. For developers new to browserify, either version will provide the core functionality, enabling them to write modular JavaScript code for the browser using familiar Node.js conventions. Always check changelog for detailed information before updating.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.10.8 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.