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Wireshark Info
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- <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.7">
+ <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "1.3.4">
]>
</section>
<section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
- <section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
+ <section id="BugFixes"><title>Bug Fixes</title>
<para>
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the
<listitem>
<para>
- Wireshark could crash when reading an MP3 file.
- <!-- Fixed in r22261 -->
- <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=???">???</ulink>) -->
+ The NetFlow dissector could run off with your dog, crash your truck,
+ and write a country music song about the experience.
+ <!-- Fixed in r????? -->
+ <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=????">????</ulink>) -->
</para>
- <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
- <para>
- <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Beyond Security discovered that Wireshark could loop
- excessively while reading a malformed DNP packet.
- <!-- Fixed in r22811 -->
- </para>
- <para>Versions affected: 0.10.12 to 0.99.6</para>
+ <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5 to 1.0.8</para>
<para>
<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
</para>
The following bugs have been fixed:
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Wireshark could crash without warning.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
</para>
</section>
- <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
+ <section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
<para>
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
- since the last release:
+ since version 1.2:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Most of the capture code has been moved out of the GUI, which
- means that Wireshark no longer needs to be run as root.
+ The packet list internals have been rewritten and are now more
+ efficient.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Python scripting support has been added.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Capturing from pipes on Windows has been improved.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Many memory leaks have been fixed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- You can now filter directly on SNMP OIDs.
+ Wireshark no longer supports Windows 2000. Please use
+ Wireshark 1.2 or 1.0 on those systems.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Packtets can now be ignored (excluded from dissection), similar to
+ the way they can be marked.
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
</section>
- <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
+ <section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
- <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
+ <section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
</para>
</section>
- <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
+ <section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
<para>
</para>
<section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
<para>
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
- the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
- page</ulink> on the main web site.
+ <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">http://www.wireshark.org/download.html</ulink>.
</para>
- <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
+ <section id="VendorPackages"><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
<para>
Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
<section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
<para>
- The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
- file dialogs under Windows.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
- 942</ulink>)
+ Wireshark may appear offscreen on multi-monitor Windows systems.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=553">Bug
+ 553</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless network
+ on OS X.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1315">Bug
+ 1315</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419">Bug
+ 1419</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Wireshark is unable to decrypt WPA group keys.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1420">Bug
+ 1420</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
+ 1516</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Wireshark can't dynamically update the packet list. This means that host
+ name resolutions above a certain response time threshold won't show up in
+ the packet list.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1605">Bug
+ 1605</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814">Bug
+ 1814</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Wireshark might freeze when reading from a pipe.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2082">Bug
+ 2082</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Capturing from named pipes might be delayed on Windows.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2200">Bug
+ 2200</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234">Bug
+ 2234</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with the same libraries as the
+ 32-bit installer.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3610">Bug
+ 3610</ulink>)
</para>
</section>