Mocha, a popular and versatile JavaScript test framework, saw a minor version update from 1.7.4 to 1.8.0, offering subtle but potentially impactful changes for developers. Both versions maintain the core promise of providing a simple, flexible, and enjoyable testing experience. Examining the dependencies, we see a key difference in the growl dependency. Version 1.7.4 relied on growl version 1.6.x, while 1.8.0 upgraded this to 1.7.x. This update to growl, a notification library, likely addresses bug fixes or minor feature enhancements within the growl notification system, potentially improving the feedback developers receive during test runs.
Both versions share common dependencies such as ms for dealing with time, diff for comparing values, jade for templating, the ubiquitous debug for debugging tools, mkdirp for directory creation and commander for command-line arguments. Development dependencies also remain consistent, with should providing assertion capabilities and coffee-script likely being used for testing Mocha's coffee-script support but not the main library code.
The release date difference is also important: 1.8.0 was released a month after 1.7.4 suggesting that the team was actively improving the code on the library. While the core APIs of Mocha likely haven't undergone drastic alterations, developers should examine the growl update for any specific behavior modifications or compatibility considerations, particularly if they heavily rely on system notifications. For most users, the upgrade from 1.7.4 to 1.8.0 should be seamless and beneficial, ensuring access to the latest improvements and bug fixes within the growl dependency.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.8.0 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.