Backporting 2.479.2 LTS

[krisstern]

Latest core version: jenkins-2.484

Fixed
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JENKINS-74826           Minor                   2.485 (upcoming)
        Backport the xstream 1.4.21 upgrade to Jenkins 2.479.2
        https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-74826

JENKINS-74814           Minor                   Sat, 9 Nov 2024 09:31:31 +0000
        java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: This stack walker does not have RETAIN_CLASS_REFERENCE access
        https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-74814

JENKINS-74795           Minor                   Sat, 9 Nov 2024 09:31:22 +0000
        Job created via REST API attaches to default view (regression in 2.475)
        regression
        https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-74795

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@basil @timja @Not-NotMyFault

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[MarkEWaite]

Thanks @krisstern . Would you also be willing to backport https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-74826 ? It is not yet included in a Jenkins weekly, but will be in the next weekly (before the LTS release candidate). A backport of that will reduce the number of complaints from users that run software composition analysis scans and report issues without investigating if they are truly issues.

Is a backport of pull request:

• Update dependency com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream to v1.4.21 [SECURITY] #9954

[krisstern]

Sure @MarkEWaite let me do that shortly

[basil]

Thanks!

These changes haven't shipped in weekly yet, but we still have plenty of time before 2.479.2 ships in the unlikely case we have to make any further changes.