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  19 <article>
  20   <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
  21
  22   <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
  23     <para>
  24       Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.  It
  25       is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
  26     </para>
  27   </section>
  28
  29   <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
  30     <section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
  31     <para>
  32
  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.
  35
  36       <itemizedlist>
  37
  38         <listitem>
  39           <para>
  40             Wireshark could crash when dissecting an HTTP chunked
  41             response.
  42             <!-- Fixed in r21034 -->
  43             (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1394">1394</ulink>)
  44           </para>
  45           <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5</para>
  46           <para>
  47             <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
  48           </para>
  49         </listitem>
  50
  51         <listitem>
  52           <para>
  53             On some systems, Wireshark could crash while reading
  54             iSeries capture files.
  55             <!-- Fixed in r20990 -->
  56             (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1415">1415</ulink>)
  57           </para>
  58           <para>Versions affected: 0.10.14 to 0.99.5</para>
  59           <para>
  60             <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
  61           </para>
  62         </listitem>
  63
  64         <listitem>
  65           <para>
  66             Wireshark could exhaust system memory while reading a malformed
  67             DCP ETSI packet.
  68             <!-- Fixed in r21007 -->
  69             (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1264">1264</ulink>)
  70           </para>
  71           <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5</para>
  72           <para>
  73             <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
  74           </para>
  75         </listitem>
  76
  77         <listitem>
  78           <para>
  79             Defining a display filter macro with no arguments would make
  80             Wireshark crash.
  81             <!-- Fixed in r21664 -->
  82             <!-- CID 232 -->
  83           </para>
  84           <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5</para>
  85           <para>
  86             <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
  87           </para>
  88         </listitem>
  89
  90         <listitem>
  91           <para>
  92             Wireshark could loop excessively while reading a malformed SSL
  93             packet.
  94             <!-- Fixed in r? -->
  95             (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1582">1582</ulink>)
  96           </para>
  97           <para>Versions affected: ?</para>
  98           <para>
  99             <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
 100           </para>
 101         </listitem>
 102
 103       </itemizedlist>
 104
 105     </para>
 106
 107     <para>
 108
 109     The following bugs have been fixed:
 110
 111       <itemizedlist>
 112
 113         <listitem><para>
 114           WEP decryption would only work for the first key specified.
 115           disappear or become unusable.
 116         </para></listitem>
 117
 118
 119
 120       </itemizedlist>
 121     </para>
 122
 123     </section>
 124
 125     <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
 126     <para>
 127       The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
 128       since the last release:
 129
 130       <!--
 131       - HTTP object export
 132       - Delta times
 133       - Code cleanup
 134       -->
 135
 136     </para>
 137     </section>
 138
 139     <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
 140     <para>
 141
 142     </para>
 143     </section>
 144
 145     <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
 146
 147     </para>
 148     </section>
 149
 150     <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
 151     <para>
 152
 153     </para>
 154     </section>
 155
 156   </section>
 157
 158   <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
 159     <para>
 160       Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
 161       the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
 162       page</ulink> on the main web site.
 163     </para>
 164
 165     <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
 166       <para>
 167         Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
 168         You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
 169         system specific to that platform.  A list of third-party packages
 170         can be found on the
 171         <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
 172       </para>
 173     </section>
 174
 175   </section>
 176
 177   <!-- XXX needs to be written
 178   <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
 179     <para>
 180     </para>
 181   </section>
 182   -->
 183
 184   <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
 185     <para>
 186       Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
 187       preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
 188       These locations vary from platform to platform.  You can use
 189       About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
 190     </para>
 191   </section>
 192
 193   <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
 194
 195     <para>
 196       The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
 197       file dialogs under Windows.
 198       (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
 199       942</ulink>)
 200     </para>
 201
 202   </section>
 203
 204   <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
 205     <para>
 206     Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
 207     Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
 208     lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
 209     web site</ulink>.
 210     </para>
 211     <para>
 212     Commercial support, training, and development services are available
 213     from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
 214     </para>
 215   </section>
 216
 217   <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
 218     <para>
 219     A complete FAQ is available on the
 220     <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
 221     </para>
 222   </section>
 223
 224 </article>