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- <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.4">
+ <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "1.3.3">
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</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
- <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
+ <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>
- The HTTP dissector could crash.
- <!-- Fixed in r19022, r19153 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 1050, 1079 -->
- Versions affected: 0.99.3.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- The LDAP dissector (and possibly others) could crash.
- <!-- Fixed in r19154 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 1079 -->
- Versions affected: 0.99.3.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- The XOT dissector could attempt to allocate a large amount of memory and crash.
- <!-- Fixed in r19365 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 1133 -->
- Versions affected: 0.9.8 to 0.99.3.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- The WBXML dissector could crash.
- <!-- Fixed in r19560 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 1134 -->
- Versions affected: 0.10.11 to 0.99.3.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- If AirPcap support was enabled, parsing a WEP key could sometimes cause a crash.
- <!-- Fixed in r19401 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: None -->
- Versions affected: 0.99.3.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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: 0.99.5 to 1.0.8</para>
+ <para>
+ <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- The file set dialog could grow excessively large.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=331">Bug
- 331</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Trying to save flow data may crash Wireshark.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=396">Bug
- 396</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- It may not be possible to re-order coloring rules under Windows.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=699">Bug
- 699</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Printing each packet to a new page didn't work under Windows.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=707">Bug
- 707</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- The personal hosts configuration file wasn't being parsed correctly.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=795">Bug
- 795</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- "Save as" to an existing file wasn't allowed.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=927">Bug
- 927</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- The SNMP dissector was not handling 64-bit counters properly.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1047">Bug
- 1047</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Wireshark and TShark would fail to start under Windows while trying to acquire a crypto context.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1096">Bug
- 1096</ulink>)
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Invalid characters could show up in PDML output.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1110">Bug
- 1110</ulink>)
+ 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:
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem><para>
- <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/products/airpcap.htm">AirPcap</ulink>,
- support (which provides raw mode capture under Windows) has been
- enhanced.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- VoIP call playback has been enhanced. If Wireshark is linked with
- the PortAudio library, you can play back G.711 conversations. This
- feature is present in the standard Windows installer.
- </para></listitem>
+ since version 1.2:
- <listitem><para>
- The capture interface dialog display has been enhanced.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- The "Save" button has been removed from the "Ok" / "Apply" / "Cancel"
- button group in the following dialogs:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Edit/Preferences</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>View/Coloring Rules</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Capture/Capture Filters</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Analyze/Display Filters</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>"Analyze/Enabled Protocols</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- If you're fond of the "Save" button it can be resurrected in the
- User Interface preferences.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Reading from stdin ("-i -") now works under Windows.
- </para></listitem>
+ <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>
- Expert analysis has been improved.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Wireshark now supports USB as a media type.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
</itemizedlist>
+
</para>
</section>
- <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
+ <section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
<para>
-Enea LINX,
-Ethernet Powerlink (v1 and v2),
-H.248 Q.1950 Annex A,
-Linux pktgen,
-MP2T,
-NEWMAIL,
-PNG,
-SCSI OSD,
-UDLD,
-UMTS FP,
-USB,
-WLCCP,
-WZCSVC,
-
</para>
</section>
- <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
-
-3Com NJACK,
-802.11,
-ACSE,
-AH,
-ALCAP,
-ANSI MAP,
-ATM,
-ASN.1,
-BACapp,
-BER,
-BGP,
-BSSAP,
-Camel,
-Catapult DCT2000,
-CFlow,
-CLNP,
-Common Windows networking,
-DAP,
-DCERPC (DCERPC, ATSVC, DFS, EFS, EPM, EVENTLOG, INITSHUTDOWN, MAPI, NT, PIPE, SAMR, SPOOLSS, SRVSVC, SVCCTL, WINREG),
-DCOM (DCOM, CBA-ACCO, SYSACT),
-DIAMETER,
-DISP,
-DNS,
-DOP,
-DSP,
-ESP,
-Ethernet,
-FC,
-FCP,
-GSM A,
-GSM MAP,
-GSM SMS,
-GSSAPI,
-GTP,
-H.225,
-H.245,
-H.248,
-HTTP,
-ICQ,
-IKE,
-ISAKMP,
-iSCSI,
-ISUP,
-IUUP,
-Kerberos 4,
-LAP-D,
-LDAP,
-LLC,
-LogotypeCertExtn,
-MEGACO,
-MIME Multipart,
-MIP6,
-MMS,
-MSRP,
-MTP3,
-NCP,
-NDMP,
-NDPS,
-NFS,
-NTP,
-OSI,
-PER,
-PN-MRP,
-PPP,
-19154Q.931,
-RADIUS,
-Redback,
-RPC,
-RTCP,
-RTP,
-SCCP,
-SCSI,
-SDP,
-SIP,
-SMB,
-SMRSE,
-SNMP,
-SSL,
-STANAG 5066,
-STP,
-TCAP,
-TCP,
-TFTP,
-TIPC,
-UDP,
-UMA,
-VLAN,
-VNC,
-VRRP,
-X.509ce
-X11,
-YMSG,
-WTLS,
-
+ <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>
-Catapult DCT2000, EyeSDN, iSeries
-
</para>
</section>
<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>
- On Windows systems the packet list scroll bar can sometimes disappear
- or become unusable. Until the problem is fixed you can work around it
- by resizing the packet list or the main window.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
- 220</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 <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>)
+ 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>
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