Webpack version 0.3.15 is a minor update over its predecessor, 0.3.14, within the early stages of the popular module bundler. Both versions share the same core functionality: packing CommonJs modules for browser deployment, enabling code splitting for on-demand loading, and supporting a wide array of file types like JavaScript, JSON, Jade, CoffeeScript, and CSS through built-in and custom loaders. The dependency list is identical, encompassing essential tools like esprima for ECMAScript parsing, sprintf for string formatting, optimist for command-line argument parsing, and uglify-js for code minification. Crucially, both include a suite of loaders for handling various file types, such as css-loader, raw-loader, and jade-loader, offering developers flexibility in their project structures. Development dependencies remain consistent with vows for testing.
However, the key difference lies in the release date. Version 0.3.15 was released on May 7th, 2012, at 19:36:47 (UTC), approximately 12 hours after version 0.3.14. This suggests that v0.3.15 is a bug fix release to its predecessor with no new functionality being introduced, as the feature set and dependencies are same. Developers considering these versions should note that they are very old by today's standards. Modern Webpack versions offer significantly enhanced features, performance improvements, and a more extensive ecosystem. It will be wise to explore modern versions of webpack . While exploring older versions might be useful for understanding historical context or maintaining legacy projects, new projects should definitely avoid the versions mentioned and stick with the modern ones.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.3.15 of the package
Incorrect Handling of Non-Boolean Comparisons During Minification in uglify-js
Versions of uglify-js prior to 2.4.24 are affected by a vulnerability which may cause crafted JavaScript to have altered functionality after minification.
Upgrade UglifyJS to version >= 2.4.24.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in uglify-js
Versions of uglify-js prior to 2.6.0 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when malicious inputs are passed into the parse() method.
var u = require('uglify-js');
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = "";
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
u.parse("var a = " + genstr(process.argv[2], "1") + ".1ee7;");
$ time node test.js 10000
real 0m1.091s
user 0m1.047s
sys 0m0.039s
$ time node test.js 80000
real 0m6.486s
user 0m6.229s
sys 0m0.094s
Update to version 2.6.0 or later.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in clean-css
Version of clean-css prior to 4.1.11 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). Untrusted input may cause catastrophic backtracking while matching regular expressions. This can cause the application to be unresponsive leading to Denial of Service.
Upgrade to version 4.1.11 or higher.
Sandbox Bypass Leading to Arbitrary Code Execution in constantinople
Versions of constantinople prior to 3.1.1 are vulnerable to a sandbox bypass which can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Update to version 3.1.1 or later.