Mocha, a flexible and fun JavaScript test framework, saw a minor version update from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 in late August 2012. Both versions share the same core dependencies, including diff for comparing expected and actual outputs, Jade for templating, debug for enhanced logging, growl for system notifications, mkdirp for creating directories, and commander for command-line interface handling. Developers relying on these functionalities won't experience breaking changes during the update. The development dependencies, assisting in testing Mocha itself, remain consistent with should for assertions and CoffeeScript for writing tests. This suggests the core development workflow surrounding Mocha remained unchanged.
The key difference lies in the release date. Version 1.4.1 was published on August 28, 2012, a few days after the August 23, 2012 release of version 1.4.0. While the provided data doesn't detail the specific bug fixes or minor features included in 1.4.1, the rapid release suggests it likely addressed a critical issue or introduced a small enhancement warranting immediate availability. Users of Mocha 1.4.0 should consider upgrading to 1.4.1 to benefit from any stability improvements, bug fixes or potential performance enhancements implemented in this patch version. Given the identical dependency list, the update should be seamless and risk-free. As the most recent stable version at the time, new Mocha users were encouraged to adopt 1.4.1 directly.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.4.1 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
A vulnerability was found in diff before v3.5.0, the affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.
Growl before 1.10.0 vulnerable to Command Injection
Affected versions of growl do not properly sanitize input prior to passing it into a shell command, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
Update to version 1.10.0 or later.
