Vulnerability Fixing and POM Reorganization

Fix: Resolve vulnerabilities in pom.xml

This PR addresses vulnerabilities in multiple libraries, including critical and high-severity issues. Below is the delta of vulnerabilities that were present in the previous scan but have been resolved in the current state.

Resolved Vulnerabilities:

1. com.azure:azure-identity

   • Vulnerability: CVE-2024-35255
     • Severity: Medium
     • Issue: Azure Identity Libraries Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
     • Resolution: Upgraded from 1.11.2 to 1.12.2.

2. com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt

   • Vulnerability: CVE-2023-52428
     • Severity: High
     • Issue: Large JWE p2c header value causes Denial of Service.
     • Resolution: Upgraded from 9.30.2 to 9.37.2.

3. org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client

   • Vulnerability: CVE-2024-53990
     • Severity: Critical
     • Issue: CookieStore replaces explicitly defined cookies, leading to potential security issues.
     • Resolution: Upgraded from 2.12.1 to 2.12.4.

4. io.lettuce:lettuce-core

   • Vulnerability: GHSA-q4h9-7rxj-7gx2
     • Severity: Medium
     • Issue: Netty vulnerability included in Redis Lettuce.
     • Resolution: Upgraded from 6.3.2.RELEASE to 6.5.1.RELEASE.

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By upgrading these libraries to their secure versions, this PR significantly improves the project's security posture by mitigating critical and high-risk vulnerabilities. Please review and approve.

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ variables:
   DATA_PARTITION: opendes
   AZURE_AD_APP_RESOURCE_ID: $AZURE_APP_ID
   AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING: DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=${AZURE_BASE}data;AccountKey=${AZURE_STORAGE_KEY};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net
-  AZURE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: $AZURE_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD 
+  AZURE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: $AZURE_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD
 
   AWS_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/schema-aws/build-aws
   AWS_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/schema-test-core
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ gemnasium-maven-dependency_scanning:
 
 azure_containerize:
   variables:
-    AZURE_CONTAINERIZE_REPOSITORY: "-b jdk-17 https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@community.opengroup.org/osdu/platform/deployment-and-operations/base-containers-azure/service-base-image"
+    AZURE_CONTAINERIZE_REPOSITORY: "https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@community.opengroup.org/osdu/platform/deployment-and-operations/base-containers-azure/service-base-image"
 
 
 aws-test-java: