Browserify version 1.15.5 is a patch release following closely on the heels of version 1.15.4, both designed to bring the power of Node.js-style require() statements to client-side JavaScript development, enabling modular code organization for browsers. Both versions offer a developer-friendly approach to managing dependencies and structuring JavaScript projects.
Looking at the provided metadata, the core dependencies for both versions remain identical. Key modules like resolve (for module resolution), optimist (for command-line argument parsing), and coffee-script (allowing the use of CoffeeScript) are held consitent between the version. Similar is true for critical browser shims like vm-browserify, http-browserify, buffer-browserify, and crypto-browserify, that bring Node.js core functionality into the browser environment.
The development dependencies, which relate to testing and building the library itself, remained unchanged, too. This suggests patch likely didn't focused on internal refactorings or test suite revamps. Developers using Browserify are probably be shielded from any major breaking changes between the two minor versions.
The most notable change is likely the release date, with version 1.15.5 appearing around a week after 1.15.4. This short timeframe indicates that v1.15.5 probably addresses a bug fix or minor improvement discovered shortly after the release of 1.15.4. While the exact nature of the change is not explicitly stated in this data, it's sensible to update to the latest version within the same minor releases to benefit from any fixes it introduces.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.15.5 of the package
Potential for Script Injection in syntax-error
Versions of syntax-error prior to 1.1.1 are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability which may allow a malicious file to execute code when browserified.
Update to version 1.1.1 or later.
