Mocha is a versatile and fun JavaScript test framework, and versions 1.7.1 and 1.7.0 share a common foundation making them appealing to developers seeking robust testing solutions. Both versions feature identical core dependencies comprising ms, diff, jade, debug, growl, mkdirp, and commander, indicating stability in the fundamental building blocks of the framework. Similarly, the development dependencies, should and coffee-script, remain consistent, suggesting an unchanged development workflow for contributors and users writing tests. The source code repository remains constant as well, hosted on GitHub under visionmedia/mocha, and the author information for TJ Holowaychuk is also identical.
The primary distinction between these two versions lies in their release dates and distribution tarballs. Version 1.7.1 was released on November 23, 2012, while version 1.7.0 arrived earlier on November 7, 2012. This two-week gap usually indicates bug fixes or minor enhancements. While the dependencies and devDependencies remain identical, developers upgrading to 1.7.1 likely benefited from corrections or refinements implemented during those two weeks, potentially addressing reported issues or optimizing performance without introducing significant new features. Developers should consult the changelog (if available) for detailed information on the specific alterations introduced in 1.7.1. The different tarball URLs also reflect this difference, pointing to distinct package archives on the npm registry.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.7.1 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.