[Snyk] Fix for 1 vulnerabilities

[popomore]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 1 vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• package.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling SNYK-JS-QS-14724253	828

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Summary of Changes

Hello @popomore, I'm Gemini Code Assist¹! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request is an automated security fix initiated by Snyk, aiming to resolve a critical vulnerability related to resource allocation without limits. The changes involve updating specific npm package dependencies to their patched versions, thereby enhancing the overall security and stability of the project by mitigating known risks.

Highlights

• Vulnerability Fix: This pull request addresses and fixes a high-severity vulnerability identified as 'Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling' (SNYK-JS-QS-14724253), which has a score of 828.
• Dependency Upgrades: To remediate the vulnerability, the body-parser dependency has been upgraded from version "1.0.0" to "1.20.4", and the connect dependency has been upgraded from version "2.12.0" to "3.0.0".
• Automated PR: This pull request was automatically generated by Snyk to propose the necessary dependency updates for security remediation.

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Diff	Package	Supply Chain Security	Vulnerability	Quality	Maintenance	License
	connect@​2.12.0 ⏵ 3.0.0	+2	+2	+3	+28
	body-parser@​1.0.0 ⏵ 1.20.4	-1	+16	+15	-2

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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request from Snyk fixes a security vulnerability by upgrading body-parser and connect. These are major version upgrades and the PR is correctly marked as containing a breaking change.

My review found that the upgrade of body-parser from 1.x to 1.20.4 makes the current usage in servers/web.js deprecated. Furthermore, it appears that body-parser might not be used at all in your application, as POST routes are handled by connect-multiparty. I've left a detailed comment on package.json with suggestions on how to handle this, either by removing the unused middleware or updating it to the correct modern syntax.

The upgrade of connect from 2.x to 3.x seems safe for your project as you are not using any of the middleware that was removed from its core.

Please review the feedback to ensure the application remains stable and maintainable after merging this security fix.

[gemini-code-assist]

The upgrade of body-parser to version 1.20.4 is a major version bump. The current usage of body-parser in your project is deprecated and should be updated.

In servers/web.js at line 38, the application uses app.use(bodyParser());. This omnibus function has been deprecated since body-parser@1.5.0.

Based on the routes defined in routes/web.js, it seems that body-parser is not actually used, as all POST requests are handled by connect-multiparty. If body-parser is indeed unused, the best course of action would be to remove it completely from servers/web.js (both the require statement and the app.use() call).

If you intend to use it for other purposes, you should replace app.use(bodyParser()); with specific middleware for the body types you need to parse. For example:

// in servers/web.js
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

Since this dependency upgrade introduces a breaking change, it's important to address this to avoid deprecation warnings and ensure the application is clean and maintainable.