Vikas Balani

Add kafka-connect-hdfs as a downstream repo

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Adds kafka-connect-hdfs as a downstream repo of confluentinc/common. This step is necessary to facilitate the migration from Jenkins to Semaphore for confluentinc/kafka-connect-hdfs. Ref: [link](https://confluentinc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CONNECT/pages/3232666429/Jenkins+to+Semaphore+Migration+-+Connect#:~:text=Applicable%20for%20only,Jenkinsfile%23L5.)

[DUMMY] [DO NOT MERGE] Create slim jars for hive-exec

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## Problem ## Solution ##### Does this solution apply anywhere else? - [ ] yes - [ ] no ##### If yes, where? ## Test Strategy ##### Testing done: -...

CC-26344: Bump `zookeeper` version to fix CVE

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## Problem ## Solution ##### Does this solution apply anywhere else? - [ ] yes - [ ] no ##### If yes, where? ## Test Strategy ##### Testing done: -...

CC-29601, CC-29504: CVE Fixes

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[CC-29504](https://confluentinc.atlassian.net/browse/CC-29504) : [CVE-2024-47561](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47561): Bump kafka-connect-storage-common to update `org.apacha.avro:avro` version to `v1.11.4` [CC-29601](https://confluentinc.atlassian.net/browse/CC-29601): Bump `velocity-engine-core` to `v2.4.0` as it declares `commons-io` as a dependency and results in a false positive for...