The Ethereal network protocol analyzer has changed its name to Wireshark.
The name might be new, but the software is the same. Wireshark's powerful features make it the tool of choice for network troubleshooting, protocol development, and education worldwide.
Wireshark was written by networking experts around the world, and is an example of the power of open source
Wireshark is used by network professionals around the world for analysis, troubleshooting, software and protocol development and education.
The program has all of the standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product. Its open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to add enhancements.
What's New in This Release:
Bug Fixes:
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
· wnpa-sec-2012-04
· The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (Bug 6823)
· Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.11, 1.6.0 to 1.6.5.
· wnpa-sec-2012-05
· The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 6809)
· Versions affected: 1.6.0 to 1.6.5.
· wnpa-sec-2012-06
· The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (Bug 6804)
· Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.11, 1.6.0 to 1.6.5.
· wnpa-sec-2012-07
· The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (Bug 6833)
· Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.11, 1.6.0 to 1.6.5.
· The Windows installers now include GnuTLS 1.12.18, which fixes several vulnerabilities.
The following bugs have been fixed:
· ISO SSAP: ActivityStart: Invalid decoding the activity parameter as a BER Integer. (Bug 2873)
· Forward slashes in URI need to be converted to backslashes if WIN32. (Bug 5237)
· Character echo pauses in Capture Filter field in Capture Options. (Bug 5356)
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