Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] hang on dumps with default tcpdump snaplen

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:54:28 -0800
> i am expierencing etherreal hangs on tcpdump dumps with default snaplen.

It's probably some dissector that's not checking to see if it runs past
the end of the captured data in the frame.

If you do "kill -ABRT <process ID of Ethereal>", that *should* cause it
to dump core.  (If "kill" rejects "-ABRT", use the signal number for
SIGABRT or, if your system doesn't define SIGABRT, use the signal number
for SIGIOT.)

A stack trace from that should indicate which dissector it is.