Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] ISUP patch

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From: "Anders Broman" <a.broman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:06:24 +0200
Hi,
I took a look at this as I was intersted to see if there was bug in the ISUP
dissector, but it
turns out that it's the M2UA dissector that trows the message out as it
'can't' understand
parameter tag 14 ( 0xoe ).
Faulty application or ....


Best regards
Anders Broman
>>On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:31:37AM -0700, Michael Lum wrote:
>> I believe the ISUP dissector has a bug when decoding the
>> optional parameter pointer.
>>
>> Please see the attached isup.snoop.  Packet 5 contains an RLC in
>> which the last octet (optional parameter pointer) is not handled
>> correctly.
>>
>> A patch is attached.
>
>I applied it; now it's dissecting it as "Unknown parameter with tag 14
>and 11 bytes value" rather than "Parameter with tag 14 and 11 bytes
>value", and that's the only difference - is that what's intended?