Multiple minor fixes and updates

- Update dependencies
- fixed an issue where the service would crash upon starting.
  fixes clusters: 69daae57, c562f86f, 7a605ede, 9f06992a, 35065a0e,
  5de8e027, 8bd09b85, 9ce52afc, 07359bab, 1cb7cacf, 397f4bdb, 51693a4b,
  ac52d083, aff32fc5, eb04197c, f701f2d0
- fixed an issue where incorrectly generated or corrupted crash reports
  would cause the crash reporting fragment to crash itself.
  fixes clusters: c4a7eacd