CVE-2023-37544

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Este problema afecta a Apache Pulsar WebSocket Proxy: desde 2.8.0 hasta 2.8.*, desde 2.9.0 hasta 2.9.*, desde 2.10.0 hasta 2.10.4, desde 2.11.0 hasta 2.11.1, 3.0.0. Los riesgos conocidos incluyen una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio debido a que WebSocket Proxy acepta cualquier conexi\u00f3n y una transferencia excesiva de datos debido al mal uso de la funci\u00f3n de ping/pong de WebSocket. 2.10 Los usuarios de Pulsar WebSocket Proxy deben actualizar al menos a 2.10.5. 2.11 Los usuarios de Pulsar WebSocket Proxy deben actualizar al menos a 2.11.2. 3.0 Los usuarios de Pulsar WebSocket Proxy deben actualizar al menos a 3.0.1. 3.1 Los usuarios de Pulsar WebSocket Proxy no se ven afectados. 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