Semver is a semantic version parser widely adopted by the Node.js ecosystem, notably used by npm for dependency management. Comparing versions 2.0.10 and 2.0.11 reveals subtle changes with potential implications for developers. Both versions share the same core description, BSD license, and repository, ensuring consistent usage principles. The declared development dependencies, tap (version 0.x >=0.0.4) and uglify-js (~2.3.6), remain unchanged, suggesting that internal testing and minification processes are consistent across these versions. The essential difference lies in the release date and the distributed tarball. Version 2.0.11 was released on July 24, 2013, subsequent to version 2.0.10, released on July 9, 2013. These differing release dates and tarball URLs ("https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-2.0.11.tgz" vs "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-2.0.10.tgz") imply bug fixes, performance improvements, or minor feature enhancements incorporated in the newer version. Developers should always prefer the latest stable release (2.0.11 in this case) to benefit from the most up-to-date improvements and bug resolutions, ensuring a reliable and predictable experience while parsing and managing semantic versions in their projects. When upgrading, thoroughly test your application to guarantee compatibility and benefit from the updates.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.0.11 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service in semver
Versions 4.3.1 and earlier of semver are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when extremely long version strings are parsed.
Update to version 4.3.2 or later
semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
