[Snyk] Fix for 3 vulnerabilities

[q1blue]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 3 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
	Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-8187303	229
	Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding SNYK-JS-TAR-15038581	210
	Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-14908844	146

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[gemini-code-assist]

Summary of Changes

Hello @q1blue, 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, updates specific project dependencies to resolve identified security vulnerabilities. The changes primarily involve bumping package versions to incorporate necessary security patches, enhancing the overall security posture of the application by mitigating known risks.

Highlights

• Dependency Upgrades: Upgraded ethereumjs-util from ^5.2.0 to ^5.2.1 and truffle-hdwallet-provider from ^1.0.12 to ^1.0.17.
• Vulnerability Fixes: Addressed three security vulnerabilities: a critical 'Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature' (SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-8187303), a medium 'Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding' (SNYK-JS-TAR-15038581), and a medium 'Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation' (SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-14908844).

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[socket-security]

Review the following changes in direct dependencies. Learn more about Socket for GitHub.

Diff	Package	Supply Chain Security	Vulnerability	Quality	Maintenance	License
	truffle-hdwallet-provider@​1.0.12 ⏵ 1.0.17	+3		+1	-31
	ethereumjs-util@​5.2.0 ⏵ 5.2.1	+1		+2

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[socket-security]

Warning

Review the following alerts detected in dependencies.

According to your organization's Security Policy, it is recommended to resolve "Warn" alerts. Learn more about Socket for GitHub.

Action	Severity	Alert  (click "▶" to expand/collapse)
Warn		Protestware or unwanted behavior: npm es5-ext Note: This package prints a protestware console message on install regarding Ukraine for users with Russian language locale From: package-lock.json → npm/truffle-hdwallet-provider@1.0.17 → npm/@davidqhr/solidity-coverage@0.6.0-beta.7 → npm/es5-ext@0.10.64 ℹ Read more on: This package | This alert | What is protestware? Next steps: Take a moment to review the security alert above. Review the linked package source code to understand the potential risk. Ensure the package is not malicious before proceeding. If you're unsure how to proceed, reach out to your security team or ask the Socket team for help at support@socket.dev. Suggestion: Consider that consuming this package may come along with functionality unrelated to its primary purpose. Mark the package as acceptable risk. To ignore this alert only in this pull request, reply with the comment @SocketSecurity ignore npm/es5-ext@0.10.64. You can also ignore all packages with @SocketSecurity ignore-all. To ignore an alert for all future pull requests, use Socket's Dashboard to change the triage state of this alert.
Warn		Protestware or unwanted behavior: npm es5-ext Note: The script attempts to run a local post-install script, which could potentially contain malicious code. The error handling suggests that it is designed to fail silently, which is a common tactic in malicious scripts. From: package-lock.json → npm/truffle-hdwallet-provider@1.0.17 → npm/@davidqhr/solidity-coverage@0.6.0-beta.7 → npm/es5-ext@0.10.64 ℹ Read more on: This package | This alert | What is protestware? Next steps: Take a moment to review the security alert above. Review the linked package source code to understand the potential risk. Ensure the package is not malicious before proceeding. If you're unsure how to proceed, reach out to your security team or ask the Socket team for help at support@socket.dev. Suggestion: Consider that consuming this package may come along with functionality unrelated to its primary purpose. Mark the package as acceptable risk. To ignore this alert only in this pull request, reply with the comment @SocketSecurity ignore npm/es5-ext@0.10.64. You can also ignore all packages with @SocketSecurity ignore-all. To ignore an alert for all future pull requests, use Socket's Dashboard to change the triage state of this alert.
Warn		GitHub dependency: npm web3-providers-ws depends on github:web3-js/WebSocket-Node Dependency: websocket@github:web3-js/WebSocket-Node@#polyfi Location: Package overview From: package-lock.json → npm/truffle-hdwallet-provider@1.0.17 → npm/@davidqhr/solidity-coverage@0.6.0-beta.7 → npm/web3-providers-ws@1.2.1 ℹ Read more on: This package | This alert | What are GitHub dependencies? Next steps: Take a moment to review the security alert above. Review the linked package source code to understand the potential risk. Ensure the package is not malicious before proceeding. If you're unsure how to proceed, reach out to your security team or ask the Socket team for help at support@socket.dev. Suggestion: Publish the GitHub dependency to a public or private package repository and consume it from there. Mark the package as acceptable risk. To ignore this alert only in this pull request, reply with the comment @SocketSecurity ignore npm/web3-providers-ws@1.2.1. You can also ignore all packages with @SocketSecurity ignore-all. To ignore an alert for all future pull requests, use Socket's Dashboard to change the triage state of this alert.

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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

The pull request aims to fix three security vulnerabilities by updating ethereumjs-util and truffle-hdwallet-provider. While the updates for ethereumjs-util and truffle-hdwallet-provider appear to address the elliptic related vulnerabilities, the package-lock.json indicates that the tar dependency, which is associated with the "Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding" vulnerability (SNYK-JS-TAR-15038581), remains at version 4.4.19. This suggests that one of the three claimed vulnerabilities may not be fully resolved by the changes in this PR.

[gemini-code-assist]

The PR description states that the "Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding" vulnerability (SNYK-JS-TAR-15038581) related to the tar package will be fixed. However, after updating truffle-hdwallet-provider to ^1.0.17, the package-lock.json still shows tar at version 4.4.19. This suggests that the tar vulnerability might not be resolved by this PR. Please verify if the tar vulnerability is indeed addressed by this update or if further action is needed.