Wireshark 1.2.8 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 DOCSIS dissector could crash. (Bug 4644), (bug 4646) -->

       Versions affected: 0.9.6 to 1.0.12, 1.2.0 to 1.2.7

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     o HTTP parser limits with Content-Length. (Bug 1958)

     o MATE dissector bug with GOGs. (Bug 3010)

     o Changing fonts and deleting system time from preferences,
       results in wireshark crash. (Bug 3387)

     o ERF file starting with record with timestamp=0,1 or 2 not
       recognized as ERF file. (Bug 4503)

     o The SSL dissector can not correctly resemple SSL records when
       the record header is spit between packets. (Bug 4535)

     o TCP reassembly can call subdissector with incorrect TCP
       sequence number. (Bug 4624)

     o PTP dissector displays big correction field values wrong. (Bug
       4635)

     o MSF is at Anthorn, not Rugby. (Bug 4678)

     o ProtoField __tostring() description is missing in Wireshark's
       Lua API Reference Manual. (Bug 4695)

     o EVRC packet bundling not handled correctly. (Bug 4718)

     o Completely unresponsive when run very first time by root user.
       (Bug 4308)

  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

   DOCSIS, HTTP, SSL

  Updated Capture File Support

   ERF, PacketLogger.

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.
