Eslint-plugin-node saw a minor update from version 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 in February 2017, offering subtle improvements for developers leveraging ESLint for Node.js projects. Both versions provide valuable additional ESLint rules tailored for Node.js environments, enhancing code quality and consistency. The core functionality remains consistent, ensuring developers benefit from rules accounting for Node.js-specific patterns and best practices.
Examining the package metadata reveals that the direct dependencies – ignore, minimatch, object-assign, resolve, and semver – remain unchanged between the two versions. Similarly, the development dependencies used for testing and building, including tools like @types packages, eslint, mocha, nyc, and shelljs, are identical. This indicates that the update primarily focuses on bug fixes, minor enhancements, or internal refactoring rather than introducing significant new features or dependency updates.
The packages' author, Toru Nagashima, and the project's repository on GitHub stay the same, ensuring continuity for contributors and users familiar with the project's source. The peerDependencies, particularly the requirement for eslint >=3.1.0, are important for ensuring compatibility with the core ESLint library. While the changes appear minimal, staying on the latest patch version often incorporates essential fixes, making it good practice for developers to update from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1. The most significant difference manifests in the releaseDate, highlighting the fresher build of 4.0.1 and hinting to underlying improvements.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 4.0.1 of the package
semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
