Browserify version 1.4.1, released on August 6, 2011, represents a minor update over the preceding 1.4.0 version, which was released a week prior on July 30, 2011. Both versions maintain the core functionality of enabling Node.js-style require() statements in browser-side JavaScript, allowing developers to modularize their codebases for improved organization and maintainability. This is crucial for building complex web applications, leveraging npm modules directly in the browser environment.
The dependencies and devDependencies sections remain identical between the two releases, indicating that this update likely involves bug fixes, performance improvements, or very minor feature augmentations. Core dependencies like nub, resolve, optimist, commondir, detective, and coffee-script are preserved, ensuring a consistent core experience for users. Likewise, the development dependencies, including testing and build tools like seq, jade, and dnode, remain unchanged, suggesting stability in the development workflow.
For developers using Browserify, the upgrade from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 should be seamless. While the specific changes are not explicitly enumerated, the short release interval suggests the update addresses potential issues or incorporates minor enhancements identified soon after the 1.4.0 release. For new users, Browserify allows the use of familiar Node.js patterns for browser-based development, greatly simplifying the process of managing dependencies and creating modular JavaScript applications. This continues to be a valuable asset for front-end engineers wanting to adopt a more structured and scalable approach to web development.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.4.1 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.