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:
· wnpa-sec-2012-08
· Infinite and large loops in the ANSI MAP, ASF, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors have been fixed. Discovered by Laurent Butti. (Bugs 6805, 7118, 7119, 7120, 7121, 7122, 7124, 7125)
· Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.12, 1.6.0 to 1.6.7.
· wnpa-sec-2012-09
· The DIAMETER dissector could try to allocate memory improperly and crash. (Bug 7138)
· Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.12, 1.6.0 to 1.6.7.
· wnpa-sec-2012-10
· Wireshark could crash on SPARC processors due to misaligned memory. Discovered by Klaus Heckelmann. (Bug 7221)
· Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.12, 1.6.0 to 1.6.7.
The following bugs have been fixed:
· User-Password - PAP decoding passwords longer than 16 bytes. (Bug 6779)
· The MSISDN is not seen correctly in GTP packet. (Bug 7042)
· Wireshark doesn't calculate the right IPv4 destination using source routing options when bad options precede them. (Bug 7043)
· BOOTP dissector issue with DHCP option 82 - suboption...