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<article>
  <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>

  <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
    <para>
      Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.  It
      is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
    <section id="BugFixes"><title>Bug Fixes</title>

    <para>

      The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-13.html">wnpa-sec-2011-13</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
            A malformed IKE packet could consume excessive resources.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r38247 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.6: r38851 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.4: r38870 -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.8, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1.</para>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3266">CVE-2011-3266</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html">wnpa-sec-2011-14</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
            A malformed capture file could result in an invalid root tvbuff and cause a crash.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r38410 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.6: r38853 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.4: r38872 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135">Bug
            6135</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.8, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1.</para>
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            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-????">CVE-2011-????</ulink>
          </para> -->
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html">wnpa-sec-2011-15</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
            Wireshark could run arbitrary Lua scripts.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r38414 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.6: r38854 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.4: r38873 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136">Bug
            6136</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.8, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1.</para>
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          </para> -->
        </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    <para>

    The following bugs have been fixed:

      <itemizedlist>

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        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark can contribute to ennui in adolescent rats.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=0000">Bug
          0000</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>
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        <listitem><para>
	  Unable to configure zero length SNMP Engine ID.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5731">Bug
          5731</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  H.323 RAS packets missing from packet counts in "Telephony->VoIP Calls" and the "Flow Graph" for the call.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5848">Bug
          5848</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Malformed Packet in decode for BGP-AD update.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6122">Bug
          6122</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  BGP : AS_PATH attribute was decode wrong.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6188">Bug
          6188</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Fixes for SCPS TCP option.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6194">Bug
          6194</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Offset calculated incorrectly for sFlow extended data.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6219">Bug
          6219</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  [Enter] key behavior varies when manually typing display filters.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6228">Bug
          6228</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Contents of pcapng EnhancedPacketBlocks with comments aren't displayed.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6229">Bug
          6229</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Misdecoding 3G Neighbour Cell Information Element in SI2quater message due to a coding typo.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6237">Bug
          6237</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Mis-spelled word "unknown" in assorted files.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6244">Bug
          6244</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  btl2cap extended window shows wrong bit.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6257">Bug
          6257</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  NDMP dissector incorrectly represents "ndmp.bytes_left_to_read" as signed.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6262">Bug
          6262</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  ERF records with extension headers not written out correctly to pcap or pcap-ng files.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6265">Bug
          6265</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  RTPS2: MAX_BITMAP_SIZE is defined incorrectly.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6276">Bug
          6276</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  Copying from RTP stream analysis copies 1st line many times.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6279">Bug
          6279</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  File types with no snaplen written out with a zero snaplen in pcap-ng files.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6289">Bug
          6289</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
	  MEGACO context tracking fix - context id reuse.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6311">Bug
          6311</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    </section>

    <section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
    <para>

There are no new features in this release.

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
    <para>

There are no new protocols in this release.

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title>
    <para>

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BGP,
Bluetooth L2CAP,
GSM A RR,
H.225,
IKE,
MEGACO,
NDMP,
RTPS2,
SCPS,
sFlow,
SNMP

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
    <para>

CommView, pcap-ng.

    </para>
    </section>

  </section>

  <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
    <para>
      Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
      <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">http://www.wireshark.org/download.html</ulink>.
    </para>

    <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
        system specific to that platform.  A list of third-party packages
        can be found on the
        <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty">download page</ulink>
        on the Wireshark web site.
      </para>
    </section>

  </section>

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  <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
    <para>
      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.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>

    <para>
      Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless network
      on OS X 10.4.
      (<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>
      The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
      1516</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>
      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>

    <para>
      Hex pane display issue after startup.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056">Bug
      4056</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Packet list rows are oversized.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357">Bug
      4357</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445">Bug
      4445</ulink>)
    </para>

  </section>

  <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
    <para>
    Community support is available on
    <ulink url="http://ask.wireshark.org/">Wireshark's Q&amp;A site</ulink>
    and on the wireshark-users mailing list.
    Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
    lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
    web site</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>
    Training is available from
    <ulink url="http://www.wiresharktraining.com/">Wireshark University</ulink>.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
    <para>
    A complete FAQ is available on the
    <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
    </para>
  </section>

</article>
