Browserify 1.13.5 represents a minor version update to the widely used JavaScript module bundler compared to its predecessor, version 1.13.4. Examining the provided metadata, no functional discrepancies exist in the listed dependencies or devDependencies suggesting the core module bundling functionality remained consistent between the versions. Core functionalities remain the same. This is excellent news for developers already using 1.13.4, as upgrading to 1.13.5 should be seamless and without breaking existing code.
Both versions share the same core functionality: enabling the use of "require()" statements for organizing JavaScript code in browser environments, allowing developers to leverage npm modules within client-side applications. Key features that make Browserify attractive to developers include its ability to bundle CommonJS modules, handle dependencies, and provide a streamlined workflow for building complex browser-based applications. Both also supports transforms, enabling the processing of different file types (like CoffeeScript) during the bundling process.
The update from 1.13.4 to 1.13.5 likely addresses bug fixes, performance improvements, or minor internal adjustments, as evidenced by the identical dependency lists. Developers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version to ensure they are utilizing the most stable and optimized iteration of the tool. Check the changelog on the github repository for potentially small improvements for a better experience. The MIT/X11 license makes it easy to integrate in personal and company projects.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.13.5 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.