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  <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-2012-11.html">wnpa-sec-2012-11</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
            The PPP dissector could crash.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r43784 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r43839 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.6: r43843 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.4: r43870 -->
            <!-- (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=????">Bug
            ????</ulink>) -->
            (<ulink url="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056">Debian bug
            680056</ulink>) -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.13, 1.6.0 to 1.6.8, 1.8.0.</para>
          <!-- <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-????">CVE-2012-????</ulink>
          </para> -->
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html">wnpa-sec-2012-12</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
            The NFS dissector could use excessive amounts of CPU.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r43576 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r43840 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.6: r43869 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.4: r43872 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7436">Bug
            7436</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.13, 1.6.0 to 1.6.8, 1.8.0.</para>
          <!-- <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-????">CVE-2012-????</ulink>
          </para> -->
        </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    <para>

    The following bugs have been fixed:

      <itemizedlist>

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	  Wireshark will ruin your favorite songs by singing them a capella,
	  loudly, and slightly off key.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=0000">Bug
          0000</ulink>)
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        <listitem><para>
          Cannot run tshark under TCP using decode-as format for syslog.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5241">Bug
          5241</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Unable to reassemble EAP-TLS fragments across multiple RADIUS packets (works on 1.2.15).
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5735">Bug
          5735</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

	<listitem><para>
	  Rearranging columns in preferences doesn't work on 64-bit Windows.
	  (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6077">Bug
	  6077</ulink>)
	</para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Incorrect PER UNALIGNED decoding of IA5String.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6246">Bug
          6246</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          After fix for Bug 3046, after save-as then open you cannot see the packet list.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6640">Bug
          6640</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Problem with Floating point (double-precision).
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6917">Bug
          6917</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Unhandled exception ( group=1, code=4) occurs when trying to capture in pdml file.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7333">Bug
          7333</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Netscreen - Can't parse packet-header.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7340">Bug
          7340</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Assignment Request message is not decoded after Service handover parameter.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7360">Bug
          7360</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark fails to link because of missing &#64;GLIB_LIBS&#64; reference in Makefile.am.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7427">Bug
          7427</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark &gt; 1.4 does not correctly read Association ID for PS Poll packets.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7429">Bug
          7429</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          SNMP incorrectly marks SNMPv3 &quot;discovery&quot; packet as malformed.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7438">Bug
          7438</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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ASN.1 PER,
DIAMETER,
GSM BSSMAP,
IEEE 802.11,
MNDP,
NFS,
PPP,
RADIUS,
SNMP,
Syslog,
UDP-Lite,
VMLAB,
WiMax DL-MAP,
WiMax UL-MAP

    </para>
    </section>

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

Juniper NetScreen

    </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 libsmi.
      (<ulink url="http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64">Win64
      development page</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      &quot;Closing File!&quot; Dialog Hangs.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3046">Bug
      3046</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Application crash when changing real-time option.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035">Bug
      4035</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>

    <para>
      Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times when displayed as
      a custom column.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985">Bug
      4985</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>
    Official Wireshark training and certification are 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>

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