# CVE-2006-1792: Auth bypass in n/a

> An unspecified authentication vulnerability in MailEnable POP service allows attackers to bypass security controls, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not stated
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2006
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5pmj-72xm-9qmf

## What is CVE-2006-1792?

CVE-2006-1792 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Apr 2006. It can be exploited over the network.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the POP service in MailEnable Standard Edition before 1.94, Professional Edition before 1.74, and Enterprise Edition before 1.22 has unknown attack vectors and impact related to "authentication exploits".  NOTE: this is a different set of affected versions, and probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1337.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1792?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Mailenable Mailenable Enterprise, Mailenable Mailenable Professional, Mailenable Mailenable Standard.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-1792?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1792 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-1792 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1792 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-6997](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6997/): Weak cryptography in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-6605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6605/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-6423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6423/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5176/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2006-5177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5177/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1792 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-1792 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Apr 2006. It can be exploited over the network.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1792 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-2006-1792/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1792/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1792
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1792
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-1792

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1792/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.