Browserify is a powerful tool for developers aiming to use Node.js-style modules directly within a web browser. Versions 2.14.0 and 2.14.1 offer a way to write modular JavaScript code that can be easily managed and deployed in a browser environment, simplifying the development workflow and promoting code reusability. Both versions share the same core dependencies, including umd, through, duplexer, inherits, optimist, JSONStream, module-deps, shell-quote, browser-pack, syntax-error, concat-stream, browser-resolve, and insert-module-globals, ensuring a consistent module resolution and packaging process. Developers can expect reliable performance in transforming Node.js modules for browser consumption.
The key difference lies in the release date, with version 2.14.1 being released shortly after 2.14.0. This suggests that version 2.14.1 likely includes minor bug fixes or very targeted updates not significant enough to warrant a major or minor version bump. From a developer's perspective, upgrading to version 2.14.1 from 2.14.0 is advisable to benefit from potential stability enhancements. Both versions, however, equip you with a robust browser-side require() function, allowing you to organize JavaScript applications into manageable modules, enhancing maintainability and scalability for web projects. They are licensed under the MIT license, providing flexibility.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.14.1 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.
Potential Command Injection in shell-quote
Affected versions of shell-quote do not properly escape command line arguments, which may result in command injection if the library is used to escape user input destined for use as command line arguments.
The following characters are not escaped properly: >,;,{,}
Bash has a neat but not well known feature known as "Bash Brace Expansion", wherein a sub-command can be executed without spaces by running it between a set of {} and using the , instead of to seperate arguments. Because of this, full command injection is possible even though it was initially thought to be impossible.
const quote = require('shell-quote').quote;
console.log(quote(['a;{echo,test,123,234}']));
// Actual "a;{echo,test,123,234}"
// Expected "a\;\{echo,test,123,234\}"
// Functional Equivalent "a; echo 'test' '123' '1234'"
Update to version 1.6.1 or later.
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.