mafintosh / mafintosh/browserify-fs
Addressing NPM security errors by updating `levelup` to ^4.2.0
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 188
- Forks
- 46
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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 │
└───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
Contributor guide
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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