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58 <title>Ethereal &EtherealCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
60 <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Ethereal?</title>
62 Ethereal is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
63 is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
67 <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
68 <section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
70 Several security vulnerabilities have been fixed since the
71 previous release. See the
72 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00021.html">application
73 advisory</ulink> for more details.
77 The ISAKMP dissector could exhaust system memory.
78 <!-- Fixed in r15163 -->
79 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
80 Versions affected: 0.10.11 to 0.10.12.
84 The FC-FCS dissector could exhaust system memory.
85 <!-- Fixed in r15204 -->
87 Versions affected: 0.9.0 to 0.10.12.
91 The RSVP dissector could exhaust system memory.
92 <!-- Fixed in r15206, r15600 -->
93 <!-- Bug IDs: 311, 314, 382 -->
94 Versions affected: 0.9.4 to 0.10.12.
98 The ISIS LSP dissector could exhaust system memory.
99 <!-- Fixed in r15245 -->
100 <!-- Bug IDs: 320, 326 -->
101 Versions affected: 0.8.18 to 0.10.12.
105 The IrDA dissector could crash.
106 <!-- Fixed in r15265, r15267 -->
107 <!-- Bug IDs: 328, 329, 330, 334, 335, 336 -->
108 Versions affected: 0.10.0 to 0.10.12.
112 The SLIMP3 dissector could overflow a buffer.
113 <!-- Fixed in r15279 -->
114 <!-- Bug IDs: 327 -->
115 Versions affected: 0.9.1 to 0.10.12.
119 The BER dissector was susceptible to an infinite loop.
120 <!-- Fixed in r15292 -->
121 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
122 Versions affected: 0.10.3 to 0.10.12.
126 The SCSI dissector could dereference a null pointer and crash.
127 <!-- Fixed in r15289 -->
128 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
129 Versions affected: 0.10.3 to 0.10.12.
133 If the "Dissect unknown RPC program numbers" option was enabled,
134 the ONC RPC dissector might be able to exhaust system memory.
135 This option is disabled by default.
136 <!-- Fixed in r15290 -->
137 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
138 Versions affected: 0.7.7 to 0.10.12.
142 The sFlow dissector could dereference a null pointer and crash.
143 <!-- Fixed in r15375 -->
144 <!-- Bug IDs: 356 -->
145 Versions affected: 0.9.14 to 0.10.12.
149 The RTnet dissector could dereference a null pointer and crash.
150 <!-- Fixed in r15673 -->
151 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
152 Versions affected: 0.10.8 to 0.10.12.
156 The SigComp UDVM could go into an infinite loop or crash.
157 <!-- Fixed in r15715, r15901, r15919 -->
158 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
159 Versions affected: 0.10.12.
163 If SMB transaction payload reassembly is enabled the SMB
164 dissector could crash. This preference is disabled by default.
165 <!-- Fixed in r15789 -->
166 <!-- Bug IDs: 421 -->
167 Versions affected: 0.9.7 to 0.10.12.
171 The X11 dissector could attempt to divide by zero.
172 <!-- Fixed in r15927 -->
173 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
174 Versions affected: 0.10.1 to 0.10.12.
178 The AgentX dissector could overflow a buffer.
179 <!-- Fixed in r16003 -->
180 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
181 Versions affected: 0.10.10 to 0.10.12.
188 When trying to save a flow graph, Ethereal could crash.
192 The PCRE library that ships with the Windows installer has been upgraded
193 from version 4.4 to 6.3 in response to a
194 <ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14620">security
195 vulnerability</ulink>.
199 <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
201 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since
206 The <command>timestamp display precision</command> of the Packet List
207 can be adjusted now. The precision will be automatically adjusted
208 depending on the file format loaded, e.g. libpcap typically uses
209 microsecond resolution displayed like "0.000000". In addition you can
210 adjust the precision manually through the View/Time Display Format menu
215 The <command>WinPcap version 3.1</command> installer was released since
216 the last Ethereal release. The version included in the Ethereal Windows
217 installer has been updated from 3.1 beta 4 to 3.1.
218 If you want to upgrade WinPcap separately or install a
219 different version you can download it from:
220 <ulink url="http://www.winpcap.org">the WinPcap web site</ulink>.
224 The behavior of the display filter
225 <command>"ip.checksum_bad" has changed</command>.
226 Instead of merely checking for its presence you must now make sure
227 it is set, e.g. instead of using "ip.checksum_bad" you must now
228 use "ip.checksum_bad == 1".
232 A new capture file format
233 <command>"Nanosecond libpcap (Ethereal)"</command> was added. It is
234 very similar to the common libpcap file format but is capable of keeping
235 nanosecond resolution timestamps. This format is currently supported only
240 Ethereal's memory managment has been greatly improved.
247 <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
250 CIMD, CISCOWL-L2, DCCP, EDP, GNM, LLDP, ROS, RTSE, STANAG 4406,
251 WINS Replication, X.411, X.420
256 <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
258 802.11 Radiotap, A11, AARP, ACSE, ACtrace, AFP, AFS, AgentX,
259 AIM, AJP13, ALCAP, AMR, ANSI A, ANSI IS-637-A, ANSI IS-683-A,
260 ANSI IS-801, ANSI MAP, AOE, AppleTalk, Armagetronad, ARP, ASAP,
261 ASN.1, BACapp, BER, BGP, BitTorrent, BOOTP, CAMEL, CLNP, CMIP,
262 CMP, CMS, COPS, CRMF, CSM_ENCAPS, DAAP, DCERPC (ATSVC, DCE_DFS,
263 FLDB, INITSHUTDOWN, LSA, NETLOGON, NT, SAMR, SPOOLSS, WINREG), DCM,
264 DCOM, DHCP Failover, DIAMETER, ENRP, ESS, FC, FCCT, FCDNS, FCELS,
265 FCFCS, FCFZS, FCP, FCSWILS, FTAM, GIOP, GPRS LLC, GSM, GTP, H1,
266 H.225, H.235, H.245, H.248, H.261, H.263, H.450, HSRP, HTTP, IAX2,
267 IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3 Slow protocols, IP, IP/IEEE1394,
268 IRC, IrDA, ISAKMP, iSCSI, ISIS, ISUP, Jabber, JFIF, Juniper, JXTA,
269 K12, Kerberos, LDAP, LDP, LLC, LPD, MAP_DialoguePDU, MDSHDR, Media,
270 MEGACO, MGCP, MIME multipart, MMS, MOUNT, MQ, MSMMS, NBNS, NDMP,
271 NS_CERT_EXTS, OCSP, OPSI, OSPF, PARLAY, PER, PKINIT, PKIX, PN-RT,
272 PPP, PRES, PTP, RADIUS, RDT, RPC, RSVP, RTCP, RTnet, RTSP, SCCP,
273 SCSI, SCTP, SES, sFlow, SIGCOMP, SIP, SliMP3, SMB, SMPP, SMRSE,
274 SNA, SNMP, SPNEGO, STUN, T.38, TCAP, TCP, Text, TPKT, UMA, WBXML,
275 WLANCERTEXTN, WSP, X11, X.25, X.509, XML, YMSG
280 <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
290 <section id="GettingEthereal"><title>Getting Ethereal</title>
291 <section><title>Microsoft Windows</title>
293 Download ethereal-setup-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.exe from the
294 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/distribution/win32/">Windows
295 download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
296 installer executable.
300 <section><title>Sun Solaris</title>
302 Download the appropriate package from the
303 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/distribution/solaris/">Solaris
304 download area</ulink> on the main web site. Uncompress the package
305 using bzip2, and install it using pkgadd.
309 <section><title>Source Code</title>
311 Download ethereal-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.tar.gz from the
312 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/distribution/">main
313 download area</ulink> on the web site. Extract the package
314 using tar and gzip. Run "configure ; make ; make install".
318 <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
320 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Ethereal packages.
321 You can install or upgrade Ethereal using the package management
322 system specific to that platform.
328 <!-- XXX needs to be written
329 <section id="RemovingEthereal"><title>Removing Ethereal</title>
335 <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
337 Ethereal and Tethereal look in several different locations for
338 preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
339 These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
340 About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
344 <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
346 On Windows systems the packet list scroll bar can sometimes disappear
347 or become unusable. Until the problem is fixed you can work around it
348 by resizing the packet list or the main window.
349 (<ulink url="http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
354 <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
356 Community support is available on the ethereal-users mailing list.
357 Subscription information and archives for all of Ethereal's mailing
358 lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/lists">the
359 web site</ulink>. There is also an <ulink url="irc://irc.freenode.net/ethereal">IRC channel dedicated to Ethereal</ulink>.
362 Commercial support, training, and development services are available
363 from <ulink url="http://www.etherealsoft.com/">Ethereal Software</ulink>.
367 <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
369 A complete FAQ is available on the
370 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html">Ethereal web site</ulink>.