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20 <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
22 <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
24 Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
25 is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
29 <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
30 <section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
33 The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the
34 <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
40 Wireshark could crash when reading an MP3 file.
41 <!-- Fixed in r22261 -->
42 <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=???">???</ulink>) -->
44 <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
46 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
52 Beyond Security discovered that Wireshark could loop
53 excessively while reading a malformed DNP packet.
54 <!-- Fixed in r22811 -->
56 <para>Versions affected: 0.10.12 to 0.99.6</para>
58 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
64 Stefan Esser discovered a buffer overflow in the SSL dissector.
65 <!-- Fixed in r22883 -->
67 <para>Versions affected: 0.99.0 to 0.99.6</para>
69 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
75 The ANSI MAP dissector could be susceptible to a buffer overflow on some platforms.
76 <!-- Fixed in r22892 -->
77 <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1844">1844</ulink>) -->
79 <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5 to 0.99.6</para>
81 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
87 The Firebird/Interbase dissector could go into an infinite loop or crash.
88 <!-- Fixed in r23251 -->
89 <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1931">1931</ulink>) -->
90 <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1932">1932</ulink>) -->
92 <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
94 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
100 The NCP dissector could cause a crash.
101 <!-- Fixed in r23398 -->
103 <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
105 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
111 The HTTP dissector could crash on some systems while decoding
113 <!-- Fixed in r23415 -->
115 <para>Versions affected: 0.10.14 to 0.99.6</para>
117 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
123 The MEGACO dissector could enter a large loop and consume
125 <!-- Fixed in r23449 -->
127 <para>Versions affected: 0.9.14 to 0.99.6</para>
129 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
135 The DCP ETSI dissector could enter a large loop and consume
137 <!-- Fixed in r23463 -->
139 <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
141 <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
153 The following bugs have been fixed:
158 Wireshark could crash while editing a coloring rule.
167 <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
169 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
170 since the last release:
176 Most of the capture code has been moved out of the GUI, which
177 means that Wireshark no longer needs to be run as root.
183 You can now filter directly on SNMP OIDs.
192 <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
198 <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
203 <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
211 <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
213 Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
214 the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
215 page</ulink> on the main web site.
218 <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
220 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
221 You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
222 system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages
224 <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
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231 <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
237 <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
239 Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
240 preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
241 These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
242 About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
246 <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
249 The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
250 file dialogs under Windows.
251 (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
257 <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
259 Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
260 Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
261 lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
265 Commercial support, training, and development services are available
266 from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
270 <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
272 A complete FAQ is available on the
273 <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.