1.7.8 Fix several CVEs in transitive dependencies, upgrade version of Kafka libs

This release upgrades kafka client dependency (to 7.7.1) and fixes several CVEs in transitive dependencies:

• CVE-2024-47561 in org.apache.avro:avro:jar:1.11.3:compile
• CVE-2024-9823 and CVE-2024-6762 in org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets:jar:9.4.53.v20231009:test
• CVE-2024-8184 in org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:jar:9.4.54.v20240208:test

Security

• #106: CVE-2024-47561: org.apache.avro:avro:jar:1.11.3:compile
• #109: CVE-2024-9823: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets:jar:9.4.53.v20231009:test
• #112: CVE-2024-6762: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets:jar:9.4.53.v20231009:test
• #113: CVE-2024-8184: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:jar:9.4.54.v20240208:test

Dependency Updates

Exasol Kafka Connector Extension

Compile Dependency Updates

• Updated io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:7.6.0 to 7.7.1
• Updated org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3 to 1.11.4
• Updated org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.6.0 to 3.7.1
• Removed org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.5

Test Dependency Updates

• Updated io.confluent:kafka-streams-avro-serde:7.6.0 to 7.7.1
• Updated io.github.embeddedkafka:embedded-kafka-schema-registry_2.13:7.6.0 to 7.7.1
• Removed joda-time:joda-time:2.12.7
• Removed org.apache.kafka:kafka-metadata:3.6.2
• Removed org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.9.2
• Removed org.bitbucket.b_c:jose4j:0.9.6
• Removed org.eclipse.jetty.http2:http2-server:9.4.54.v20240208
• Added org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:9.4.56.v20240826
• Added org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.4.56.v20240826
• Added org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets:9.4.56.v20240826
• Removed org.json:json:20240303

Plugin Dependency Updates

• Updated com.exasol:project-keeper-maven-plugin:4.3.3 to 4.4.0
• Added com.exasol:quality-summarizer-maven-plugin:0.2.0
• Updated io.github.zlika:reproducible-build-maven-plugin:0.16 to 0.17
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 to 3.4.0
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:3.2.5 to 3.5.1
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.4 to 3.1.3
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin:3.4.1 to 3.4.2
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.6 to 3.3.1
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3 to 3.9.1
• Updated org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:3.2.5 to 3.5.1
• Updated org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.16.2 to 2.17.1