[Snyk] Fix for 3 vulnerabilities

[saurabharch]

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
	Prototype Poisoning SNYK-JS-QS-3153490	696
	Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) SNYK-JS-BODYPARSER-7926860	624
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-BRACEEXPANSION-9789073	436

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request is an automated security fix initiated by Snyk to resolve critical vulnerabilities within the project's Node.js dependencies. The changes primarily involve upgrading specific package versions to their secure counterparts, thereby enhancing the overall security posture of the application by patching known exploits.

Highlights

• Security Vulnerability Fixes: This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, addresses three identified security vulnerabilities: a high-severity Prototype Poisoning (SNYK-JS-QS-3153490), a high-severity Asymmetric Resource Consumption (SNYK-JS-BODYPARSER-7926860), and a low-severity Regular Expression Denial of Service (SNYK-JS-BRACEEXPANSION-9789073).
• Dependency Upgrades: To mitigate the vulnerabilities, the apollo-server-express dependency has been upgraded from version 2.3.3 to 3.13.0.
• Dependency Upgrades: The typeorm dependency has been upgraded from version 0.2.12 to 0.3.18.

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Code Review

This pull request upgrades apollo-server-express and typeorm to new major versions, resolving security vulnerabilities but introducing breaking changes. The upgrades require code modifications in src/index.ts and src/test-utils/testConn.ts to address the new APIs. Without these changes, the application will be broken.

[gemini-code-assist]

Upgrading apollo-server-express from version 2 to 3 introduces breaking changes. The current application code is incompatible with v3 and will prevent the server from starting. The apolloServer.applyMiddleware() method is deprecated and the formatError constructor option has been removed, requiring a migration to a plugin with a didEncounterErrors handler. These changes require significant code modifications in src/index.ts.

[gemini-code-assist]

Upgrading typeorm from v0.2.x to v0.3.x introduces breaking changes. The application will fail to connect to the database without code modifications. The createConnection method is deprecated and must be replaced with the new DataSource API. This affects src/index.ts and src/test-utils/testConn.ts. Consider migrating ormconfig.json to a DataSource configuration file.