# CVE-2009-1341: 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 conte

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-04-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34757
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libd/libdbd-pg-perl/libdbd-pg-perl_1.49-2+etch1.diff.gz
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1341
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34909
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0479.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9680
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.13.1/Changes
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1780
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35058
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=21392
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50387

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