Wireshark 1.4.15 Release Notes

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What is Wireshark?

   Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.
   It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and
   education.

What's New

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.

     o wnpa-sec-2012-13

       The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a zero division. Reported
       by Laurent Butti. (Bug 7566)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4285

     o wnpa-sec-2012-15

       The XTP dissector could go into an infinite loop. Reported by
       Ben Schmidt. (Bug 7571)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4288

     o wnpa-sec-2012-17

       The AFP dissector could go into a large loop. Reported by
       Stefan Cornelius. (Bug 7603)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4289

     o wnpa-sec-2012-18

       The RTPS2 dissector could overflow a buffer. Reported by
       Laurent Butti. (Bug 7568)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4296

     o wnpa-sec-2012-20

       The CIP dissector could exhaust system memory. Reported by Ben
       Schmidt. (Bug 7570)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4291

     o wnpa-sec-2012-21

       The STUN dissector could crash. Reported by Laurent Butti.
       (Bug 7569)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4292

     o wnpa-sec-2012-22

       The EtherCAT Mailbox dissector could abort. Reported by
       Laurent Butti. (Bug 7562)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4293

     o wnpa-sec-2012-23

       The CTDB dissector could go into a large loop. Reported by Ben
       Schmidt. (Bug 7573)

       Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.14, 1.6.0 to 1.6.9, 1.8.0 to
       1.8.1.

       CVE-2012-4290

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     o Wireshark crashes on opening very short NFS pcap file. (Bug
       7498)

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new features in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

   AFP, Bluetooth L2CAP, CIP, CTDB, DCP ETSI, EtherCAT Mailbox, FC
   Link Control, LISP, NFS, RTPS2, SCTP, STUN, XTP

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   There are no new or updated capture file formats in this release.

Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
   http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

  Vendor-supplied Packages

   Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
   You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package
   management system specific to that platform. A list of third-party
   packages can be found on the download page on the Wireshark web
   site.

File Locations

   Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
   preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
   These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
   About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.

Known Problems

   Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless
   network on OS X 10.4. (Bug 1315)

   Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. (Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. (Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
   (Bug 1814)

   Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer
   works. (Bug 2234)

   The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with the same libraries
   as the 32-bit installer. (Bug 3610)

   Hex pane display issue after startup. (Bug 4056)

   Packet list rows are oversized. (Bug 4357)

   Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. (Bug
   4445)

Getting Help

   Community support is available on Wireshark's Q&A site and on the
   wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and
   archives for all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be found on the
   web site.

   Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
   Wireshark University.

Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.
