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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         <listitem><para>
 119           Merging files in Wireshark now appends files properly.
 120         </para></listitem>
 121
 122         <listitem><para>
 123           Wireshark could hang while saving an RTP stream with bad timestamp
 124           data.
 125         </para></listitem>
 126
 127         <listitem><para>
 128           You must now explicitly pass "--disable-wireshark" to the build
 129           environment if you only want to build TShark; the configure
 130           script will fail, rather than automatically building only
 131           TShark, if it's run on a system that doesn't have GTK+ headers
 132           and libraries installed.
 133         </para></listitem>
 134
 135       </itemizedlist>
 136     </para>
 137
 138     </section>
 139
 140     <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
 141     <para>
 142       The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
 143       since the last release:
 144
 145       <!--
 146       - HTTP object export
 147       - Delta times
 148       - Code cleanup
 149       -->
 150
 151     </para>
 152     </section>
 153
 154     <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
 155     <para>
 156
 157     </para>
 158     </section>
 159
 160     <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
 161
 162     </para>
 163     </section>
 164
 165     <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
 166     <para>
 167
 168     </para>
 169     </section>
 170
 171   </section>
 172
 173   <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
 174     <para>
 175       Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
 176       the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
 177       page</ulink> on the main web site.
 178     </para>
 179
 180     <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
 181       <para>
 182         Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
 183         You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
 184         system specific to that platform.  A list of third-party packages
 185         can be found on the
 186         <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
 187       </para>
 188     </section>
 189
 190   </section>
 191
 192   <!-- XXX needs to be written
 193   <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
 194     <para>
 195     </para>
 196   </section>
 197   -->
 198
 199   <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
 200     <para>
 201       Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
 202       preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
 203       These locations vary from platform to platform.  You can use
 204       About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
 205     </para>
 206   </section>
 207
 208   <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
 209
 210     <para>
 211       The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
 212       file dialogs under Windows.
 213       (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
 214       942</ulink>)
 215     </para>
 216
 217   </section>
 218
 219   <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
 220     <para>
 221     Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
 222     Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
 223     lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
 224     web site</ulink>.
 225     </para>
 226     <para>
 227     Commercial support, training, and development services are available
 228     from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
 229     </para>
 230   </section>
 231
 232   <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
 233     <para>
 234     A complete FAQ is available on the
 235     <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
 236     </para>
 237   </section>
 238
 239 </article>