Wireshark 1.2.10 Release Notes

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What is Wireshark?

   Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.
   It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and
   education.

What's New

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the security
   advisory for details and a workaround.

     o The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine could
       overrun a buffer. (Bug 4867)

       Versions affected: 0.10.8 to 1.0.14, 1.2.0 to 1.2.9

       CVE-2010-2287

     o The GSM A RR dissector could crash. (Bug 4897)

       Versions affected: 1.2.2 to 1.2.9

     o Due to a regression the ASN.1 BER dissector could overrun the
       stack.

       Versions affected: 0.10.13 to 1.0.14, 1.2.0 to 1.2.9

       CVE-2010-2284

     o The IPMI dissector could go into an infinite loop.

       Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.9

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     o Wireshark crashes after configuring new Information column.
       (Bug 4854)

     o Crash triggered when changing display filter from right-mouse
       pop-up menu via packet-list. (Bug 4860)

     o Wireshark crash selecting Inter-Asterisk exchange v2 packet
       data. (Bug 4868)

     o zlib-1.2.5 cause tshark to stop live capture. (Bug 4916)

     o Crash when adding SNMP users. (Bug 4926)

     o Wireshark via ssh -X on ipv6 link-local address fails to allow
       capture. (Bug 4945)

     o OMAPI dissector fails to parse combined initialization
       messages. (Bug 4982)

     o QUERY_FS_INFO for Macintosh level 0x301 - MacSupportFlags
       decodes wrong. (Bug 4993)

     o SCSI dissector misidentifies ATA PASSTHROUGH command as ACCESS
       CONTROL IN. (Bug 5037)

     o Wrong decoding of GTP Prime (GTP') packets. (Bug 5055)

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new features in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

   ASN.1 BER, GSM A RR, GTP, IAX2, IPMI, OMAPI, PRES, SCSI, SMB,
   UNISTIM

  Updated Capture File Support

   There are no new or updated capture file formats in this release.

Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
   http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

  Vendor-supplied Packages

   Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
   You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package
   management system specific to that platform. A list of third-party
   packages can be found on the download page on the Wireshark web
   site.

File Locations

   Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
   preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
   These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
   About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.

Known Problems

   Wireshark may appear offscreen on multi-monitor Windows systems.
   (Bug 553)

   Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless
   network on OS X. (Bug 1315)

   Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. (Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. (Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
   (Bug 1814)

   Wireshark might freeze when reading from a pipe. (Bug 2082)

   Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer
   works. (Bug 2234)

   The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with the same libraries
   as the 32-bit installer. (Bug 3610)

Getting Help

   Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing
   list. Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's
   mailing lists can be found on the web site.

   Commercial support, training, and development services are
   available from CACE Technologies.

Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.
