CVE-2023-46853

Summary

CVE-2023-46853 is a vulnerability affecting Memcached versions prior to 1.6.22. It stems from an off-by-one error in the processing of proxy requests in proxy mode. When a user mistakenly utilizes '\\n' instead of the correct line separator '\\r\\n', the software fails to account for this discrepancy, potentially leading to unintended command execution and security compromise.

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