Inquirer.js is a popular npm package providing interactive command-line user interfaces. Version 0.3.0, released on August 27, 2013, builds upon the functionality of its predecessor, version 0.2.5, released just days before on August 21, 2013. Both versions share core dependencies like async, lodash, cli-color, and mute-stream, indicating a stable foundation for handling asynchronous operations, data manipulation, command-line styling, and stream management. Similarly, the developer dependencies, including testing frameworks like chai, mocha, and sinon, and build tools using grunt, remain consistent. These tools were leveraged for testing, linting, and generating the final distribution.
The minimal time between releases suggests that version 0.3.0 likely includes bug fixes, minor enhancements, or dependency updates not explicitly reflected in the package manifest, rather than a major overhaul of the existing API. Developers should review the changelog corresponding to the release to identify the exact nature of these changes. The short release time may not justify a change so developers should carefully assess whether upgrading from 0.2.5 is crucial based on the specific issue addressed or the feature enhancement incorporated. For new projects, opting for version 0.3.0 is advisable to benefit from the most recent refinements and potentially improved stability.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.3.0 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.