Update dependency grpc to v1.24.4 [SECURITY]

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
grpc (source)	1.20.0 -> 1.24.4

GitHub Vulnerability Alerts

CVE-2020-7768

"The package grpc before 1.24.4 and the package @​grpc/grpc-js before 1.1.8 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via loadPackageDefinition."

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Release Notes

grpc/grpc-node (grpc)

v1.24.4: Node gRPC v1.24.4

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• Add support for Electron 10 and newer minor versions of Electron 8 and 9 (#​1615)
• Add a note in the README stating the latest supported versions of Node and Electron (#​1615)
• Prevent prototype pollution in loadPackageDefinition (#​1606)
• Add ResponseType to ServerWritableStream type definition for compatibility with @grpc/grpc-js (#​1590 contributed by @​badsyntax)
• Add methodTypes enum to type definition (#​1496 contributed by @​jncr)

v1.24.3: grpc 1.24.3

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• Add support for S390x (originally #​1230 contributed by @​shahidhs-ibm)
• Add support for Node 14, and Electron 7, 8, and 9
• Unbundle the dependency on node-pre-gyp (#​1371 contributed by @​Naktibalda)

Known Issues:

• #​1407 may cause errors when running on Node 14

v1.24.2: Node gRPC v1.24.2

• Publish some missing files to fix building from source (#​1060)
• Add support for Node 13 and Electron 7 (#​1097)

C core release notes

v1.23.4: Node gRPC v1.23.4

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C core release notes

v1.23.3: Node gRPC v1.23.3

Node gRPC v1.23.0

• Fix Channel argument validation error messages (#​932 contributed by @​clehene)
• Add support for Electron 4.2 and 6.0 (#​939 contributed by @​CapOM, #​990)
• Fix typos in TypeScript types file (#​972, #​983 contributed by @​esilkensen)

C core release notes

Node gRPC v1.23.1

• Remove dependency on @types/protobufjs (#​999)

Node gRPC v1.23.2

• Merge some changes from the 1.22 branch that got lost (#​1002)

Node gRPC v1.23.3

• Fix EventEmitter import in TypeScript types file (#​1007 contributed by @​sandersn)
• Stop importing protobufjs in TypeScript types file (#​1008)

v1.22.2: Node gRPC v1.22.2

• Include missing files for the source build (#​953, #​957)
• Fix missing return type in type declaration of new method (#​949 contributed by @​CyrusNajmabadi, #​959 contributed by @​CapOM)

v1.22.0: Node gRPC v1.22.0

• Add support for the cares DNS resolver. This can be enabled by setting the environment variable GRPC_DNS_RESOLVER=ares. This will become the default in version 1.23.x, so we recommend enabling that option to verify that it works correctly with your setup (#​864)

• Add metadata options (#​796)

• Add support for Electron 4.2 (#​944 contributed by @​CapOM)

v1.21.0: Node gRPC v1.21.0

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• Remove unused ChannelCredential type definitions (#​854 contributed by @​eoogbe)

C core release notes

v1.20.3: Node gRPC v1.20.3

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• Add support for Electron 5 (#​848)
• Improve error output in some cases when failing to load the native addon (#​849)

v1.20.2: Node gRPC v1.20.2

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• Add support for Node 12

C core changes:

• Fix possible blue screen on Windows when using "localhost" target addresses (grpc/grpc#18834).

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