Inquirer.js is a popular npm package designed to simplify the creation of interactive command-line user interfaces. Versions 0.2.4 and 0.2.5 share the same core functionality, providing tools for building engaging CLIs. Both versions include key dependencies like async for asynchronous operations, lodash for utility functions, cli-color for terminal styling, and mute-stream for managing standard output. Developers can use Inquirer.js to create prompts for user input, validate data, and provide a more user-friendly command-line experience.
Examining the devDependencies section reveals the tools used for testing and development, which are identical in both versions. These include testing frameworks like chai, mocha, and sinon, build tools such as grunt and grunt-cli, and modules for code quality checks like grunt-contrib-jshint. The grunt-release tool is used for managing the release process.
The primary difference between versions 0.2.4 and 0.2.5 lies in their release dates. Version 0.2.5 was released on August 21, 2013, while version 0.2.4 was released on August 9, 2013. This indicates that version 0.2.5 likely contains bug fixes, minor improvements, or potentially some minor feature additions compared to 0.2.4. For developers, upgrading to the latest patch version is generally recommended to benefit from the most stable and reliable code. While the core feature set remains consistent, newer patch releases addresses potential security vulnerabilities and software bugs.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.2.5 of the package
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash before 4.17.12 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The function defaultsDeep allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}} causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.12 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash before 4.17.5 are vulnerable to prototype pollution.
The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via __proto__ causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.5 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash before 4.17.11 are vulnerable to prototype pollution.
The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}} causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.11 or later.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash
lodash prior to 4.7.11 is affected by: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: Date handler. The attack vector is: Attacker provides very long strings, which the library attempts to match using a regular expression. The fixed version is: 4.7.11.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash
All versions of package lodash prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.
Steps to reproduce (provided by reporter Liyuan Chen):
var lo = require('lodash');
function build_blank(n) {
var ret = "1"
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
ret += " "
}
return ret + "1";
}
var s = build_blank(50000) var time0 = Date.now();
lo.trim(s)
var time_cost0 = Date.now() - time0;
console.log("time_cost0: " + time_cost0);
var time1 = Date.now();
lo.toNumber(s) var time_cost1 = Date.now() - time1;
console.log("time_cost1: " + time_cost1);
var time2 = Date.now();
lo.trimEnd(s);
var time_cost2 = Date.now() - time2;
console.log("time_cost2: " + time_cost2);
Command Injection in lodash
lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the template function.