mafintosh / mafintosh/browserify-fs

Addressing NPM security errors by updating `levelup` to ^4.2.0

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Description

Security report

```
=== npm audit security report ===

SEMVER WARNING: Recommended action is a potentially breaking change
┌───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Moderate │ Regular Expression Denial of Service │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Package │ semver │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Dependency of │ semver │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Path │ semver │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ More info │ https://npmjs.com/advisories/31 │
└───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

SEMVER WARNING: Recommended action is a potentially breaking change
┌───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Moderate │ Memory Exposure │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Package │ bl │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Dependency of │ bl │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Path │ bl │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ More info │ https://npmjs.com/advisories/596 │
└───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

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Research direction

Start by locating the dependency declaration for levelup and run npm audit to reproduce the reported semver and bl advisories. Update levelup to ^4.2.0, then confirm the audit no longer reports these security errors and that the project checks still pass.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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