Wireshark 1.4.10 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.

     o wnpa-sec-2011-18

       Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of Red Hat Security Response Team
       discovered that the Infiniband dissector could dereference a
       NULL pointer. (Bug 6476)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.9, 1.6.0 to 1.6.2.

     o wnpa-sec-2011-19

       Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of Red Hat Security Response Team
       discovered a buffer overflow in the ERF file reader. (Bug
       6479)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.9, 1.6.0 to 1.6.2.

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     o Assertion failed when doing File->Quit->Save during live
       capture. (Bug 1710)

     o Wrong PCEP XRO sub-object decoding. (Bug 3778)

     o Decoding [Status Records] Timestamp Sequence Field in Bundle
       Protocol fails if over 32 bits. (Bug 4109)

     o wireshark-1.4.2 crashes when testing the example python
       dissector because of a dissector count assertion. (Bug 5431)

     o Wireshark crashes when attempting to open a file via drag &
       drop when there's already a file open. (Bug 5987)

     o Add the ability to save filters from the Filter Toolbar into
       buttons on the Filter Toolbar. (Bug 6207)

     o Adding and removing custom HTTP headers requires a restart.
       (Bug 6241)

     o Can't read full 64-bit SNMP values. (Bug 6295)

     o BACnet property time-synchronization-interval (204) name shown
       incorrectly as time-synchronization-recipients. (Bug 6336)

     o [ASN.1 PER] Incorrect decoding of BIT STRING type. (Bug 6347)

     o Export -> Object -> HTTP -> save all: Error on saving files.
       (Bug 6362)

     o Incorrect identification of UDP-encapsulated NAT-keepalive
       packets. (Bug 6414)

     o S1AP protocol can't decode IPv6 transportLayerAddress. (Bug
       6435)

     o RTPS2 dissector doesn't handle 0 in the octestToNextHeader
       field. (Bug 6449)

     o packet-ajp13 fix, cleanup, and enhancement. (Bug 6452)

     o Network Instruments Observer file format bugs. (Bug 6453)

     o Wireshark crashes when using "Open Recent" 2 times in a row.
       (Bug 6457)

     o Wireshark packet_gsm-sms, display bug: Filler bits in TP-User
       Data Header. (Bug 6469)

     o wireshark unable to decode NetFlow options which have system
       scope size != 4 bytes. (Bug 6471)

     o Display filter Expression Dialog Box Error. (Bug 6472)

  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

   AJP13, ASN.1 PER, BACapp, DTN, GSM SMS, Infiniband, IPsec,
   NetFlow, PCEP, RTPS2,

  New and Updated Capture File Support

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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 might make your system disassociate from a wireless
   network on OS X 10.4. (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)

   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)

   Hex pane display issue after startup. (Bug 4056)

   Packet list rows are oversized. (Bug 4357)

   Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. (Bug
   4445)

Getting Help

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

   Training is available from Wireshark University.

Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.
