# CVE-2009-1341: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in the DBD::Pg Perl module when fetching BYTEA data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Apr 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1341, GHSA-h446-mfq3-hx7g

## What is CVE-2009-1341?

CVE-2009-1341 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory leak in the dequote_bytea function in quote.c in the DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.0.0 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by fetching data with BYTEA columns.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Debian Libdbd-Pg-Perl.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-1341?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2009-1341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-1341 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1341

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