[Snyk] Security upgrade firebase from 4.11.0 to 7.14.0

[saurabharch]

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

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• package.json
• package-lock.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-BRACEEXPANSION-9789073	436

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Summary of Changes

Hello @saurabharch, 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, automatically generated by Snyk, aims to enhance the project's security posture by upgrading the firebase dependency. The primary goal is to remediate a known Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability by moving to a significantly newer major version of the library.

Highlights

• Security Fix: This pull request addresses a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability (SNYK-JS-BRACEEXPANSION-9789073) by upgrading the firebase dependency.
• Dependency Upgrade: The firebase package has been upgraded from version 4.11.0 to 7.14.0.
• Automated Creation: This pull request was automatically generated by Snyk to propose the security fix.

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Code Review

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, aims to resolve a security vulnerability by upgrading the firebase package. However, the proposed upgrade from version 4.11.0 to 7.14.0 is a major version change that introduces breaking changes incompatible with the version of angularfire2 used in this project. This will almost certainly break the application. A more comprehensive upgrade of multiple packages, including Angular itself, is required to support this new version of Firebase.

[gemini-code-assist]

This automated upgrade of firebase from v4.11.0 to v7.14.0 is a major version jump that will break the application due to incompatibilities with other dependencies.

Problem Details:

• Dependency Incompatibility: The project uses angularfire2@^5.0.0-rc.6. This version of angularfire2 has a peer dependency on firebase@^4.5.0 and is not compatible with [email protected].
• Breaking API Changes: Firebase introduced numerous breaking changes between versions 4 and 7. The existing codebase, which relies on the [email protected] API via angularfire2, will fail to compile or run with [email protected].

Required Action:

To successfully upgrade firebase, a larger migration is necessary. This would involve:

1. Upgrading angularfire2 to its successor, @angular/fire.
2. Upgrading the Angular framework itself from version 5 to a more recent version compatible with the new @angular/fire.

Given the complexity, I recommend rejecting this automated pull request. A planned, manual upgrade of the entire front-end stack should be undertaken instead to address the security vulnerability and keep the project up-to-date.