Browserify, in versions 1.13.3 and 1.13.2, serves as a crucial browser-side require() function, enabling developers to utilize JavaScript directories and npm modules directly within their web applications. This eliminates the friction of managing dependencies manually and streamlines the development process by mirroring Node.js's module system in the browser. Both versions share core functionalities: they incorporate dependencies such as nub, deputy, resolve, optimist, commondir, detective, coffee-script, vm-browserify, http-browserify, and crypto-browserify, providing a solid foundation for module resolution and secure JavaScript execution. The development dependencies, remaining consistent between versions, include essential tools like seq, tap, jade, lazy, dnode, connect, hashish, backbone, ecstatic, traverse and jquery-browserify used for testing and development, ensuring a robust and well-tested library.
The primary difference lies in the release date: version 1.13.3 was released on June 24, 2012, shortly after version 1.13.2's release on June 23, 2012. This suggests that version 1.13.3 likely contains minor bug fixes or incremental improvements over its predecessor. For developers, upgrading from 1.13.2 to 1.13.3 is advisable to benefit from the latest refinements, even if they are not explicitly documented. While the changes may seem subtle, these kinds of quick releases usually address stability issues or edge-case problems that contribute to overall software reliability. Keeping current is important for project maintainability.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.13.3 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.