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Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.
The Catapult DCT2000 and IrDA dissectors could underrun a buffer.
Versions affected: 1.10.0 to 1.10.8
The GSM Management dissector could crash. (Bug 10216)
Versions affected: 1.10.0 to 1.10.8
The RLC dissector could crash. (Bug 9795)
Versions affected: 1.10.0 to 1.10.8
The ASN.1 BER dissector could crash. (Bug 10187)
Versions affected: 1.10.0 to 1.10.8
The following bugs have been fixed:
- GSM MAP: ensure that p2p_dir is always initialized before calling GSM SMS dissector (Bug 10234)
- BFCP: include padding length in calculation of correct attribute length (Bug 10240)
- GTP: allow empty Data Record Packet IE (Bug 10277)
- WebSocket: increase max unmask payload size to 256K and indicate that packet is truncated is going above the new limit (Bug 10283)
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
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.
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.
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 read filters (-R) no longer works. (Bug 2234)
The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption. (Win64 development page)
Resolving (Bug 9044) reopens (Bug 3528) so that Wireshark no longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.
Application crash when changing real-time option. (Bug 4035)
Hex pane display issue after startup. (Bug 4056)
Packet list rows are oversized. (Bug 4357)
Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. (Bug 4445)
Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases. (Bug 4985)
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.
Official Wireshark training and certification are available from Wireshark University.
A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.
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