React-dev-utils is a valuable package providing webpack utilities tailored for Create React App, simplifying tasks related to development workflow. Comparing versions 0.2.1 and 0.3.0, we find a mostly unchanged dependency structure, with opn, chalk, ansi-html, strip-ansi, html-entities, sockjs-client, and escape-string-regexp remaining consistent. Both versions rely on the same peer dependency, webpack "^1.13.2", showing compatibility with that specific webpack range. The library is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license, encouraging open-source usage.
Despite the similarities, the key difference lies in the release date and version number. Version 0.3.0 was released on October 22, 2016, following version 0.2.1, which was released on September 27, 2016. The jump from version 0.2.1 to 0.3.0 implies that developers can expect incremental updates, bug fixes, and potentially minor feature enhancements. While the dependency list remains the same, improvements might exist within the core utility functions of the package. Without specific changelog information, developers should consider upgrading to the newer version (0.3.0) to leverage these potential improvements and ensure they are using the most up-to-date and stable utilities for their Create React App projects. The consistent dependency list helps ensure that the upgrade does not introduce compatibility issues with existing projects.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.3.0 of the package
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in ansi-html
This affects all versions of package ansi-html. If an attacker provides a malicious string, it will get stuck processing the input for an extremely long time.
Exposure of Sensitive Information in eventsource
When fetching an url with a link to an external site (Redirect), the users Cookies & Autorisation headers are leaked to the third party application. According to the same-origin-policy, the header should be "sanitized."
