Probably the same as this bug:
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2103
Preliminary patch exist.
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Gerhard
On Dec 14, 2007 10:42 PM, J.C. Wren <jcwren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a plugin I've written that uses tcp_dissect_pdu(). I'm
> continuing to have troubles getting a PDU that spans a TCP packet
> working correctly.
>
> A packet in my protocol is a sigil (0xaa), 2 octets that don't matter,
> then an octet that specifies the total length of the packet, less the
> sigil. So an 8 octet packet would be 0xaa, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0xde,
> 0xad, 0xbe, 0xef. Packet lengths can range from 8 octets to 127
> octets.
>
> The problem arises when the first four octets span two TCP packets,
> and occurs as the first octet of the in the packet it's spanning into
> (there may be other conditions that I haven't run into yet).
> Wireshark indicates that it's a reassembled PDU, displays the
> following under the [Reassembled TCP Segments (4 bytes): #11(3),
> #12(1)] expansion.
> [Frame: 11, payload: 0-2 (3 bytes)]
> [Frame: 12, payload: 3-3 (1 byte)]
>
> In the frame that causes an error, the end of frame 11 has 0xaa, 0x00,
> 0x05, and frame 12 has 0x1e. The total packet length is 31 octets
> (including the sigil), but the dissector is only showing 4 octets
> total.
>
> I'm pretty sure I've implemented my code correctly, based on the
> examples I've found, and perusing the source code. I'm hoping someone
> else would be willing to take a look at it, and see if I've done
> something stupid (not unlikely), or if it's an actual PDU reassembly
> issue (less likely). Specifically the error occurs at the end of
> frame 11, the virtual frame 12, and frame 13.
>
> I've posted a complete zip file at
> http://jcwren.com/wireshark/ws.tar.gz. This includes the Wireshark
> sources, and a pcap file called 'small.pcap'. The file in question
> would be plugins/r3/packet-r3.c, with the relevant code at the end of
> the file (please avoid snickering and outright mockery :) )
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> --jc
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