Mocha is a versatile and user-friendly JavaScript test framework, well-regarded for its simplicity and flexibility. Version 1.7.4 follows closely on the heels of version 1.7.3, offering developers a refined testing experience. Both versions share a common foundation, boasting dependencies like ms for time conversions, diff for comparing results, jade for templating, and debug for enhanced logging. They also rely on growl for desktop notifications, mkdirp for directory creation, and commander for command-line interface support. For development, both leverage should for assertions and coffee-script for those who prefer it.
While the core functionalities remain consistent, the key difference between the two versions lies in their release dates. Version 1.7.4 was released on December 6, 2012, just a week after version 1.7.3, which was released on November 30, 2012. This short timeframe suggests that version 1.7.4 likely includes bug fixes or minor improvements discovered shortly after the 1.7.3 release. Although no specific details about these fixes are provided in the data, developers migrating from 1.7.3 would expect increased stability.
For developers already using Mocha, upgrading to 1.7.4 from 1.7.3 is advisable to benefit from any potential bug fixes and optimizations. For new users, Mocha's ease of use, flexible configuration, and wide community support make it an excellent choice for JavaScript testing needs. Its straightforward syntax and rich feature set enable developers to write comprehensive tests to ensure code quality. Both versions are available through npm, making installation simple.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.7.4 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.