Software Update: Wireshark 1.2.7

Wednesday version 1.2.7 of Wireshark was released. Wireshark is an open source protocol analyzer and packet sniffer, which can analyze various network protocols and data packets on the network. The program can also use previously saved data traffic as input. Version 1.2.0, among other things, introduced separate downloads for 64-bit versions of Windows, added support for the c-ares resolver library, and improved support for Mac OS X. In this update, the developers have made some bug fixes and some of the supported protocols. The full release notes can be found below:

The following bugs have been fixed:

• SNMPv3 Engine ID registration. (Bug 2426)
• Open file dialog always displayed when clicking anywhere on Wireshark. (Bug 2478)
• tshark reports wrong number of bytes on big dumpfiles with -z io,stat. (Bug 3205)
• Negative INTEGER number displayed as positive number in SNMP dissector. (Bug 3230)
• Add support for FT_BOOLEAN fields to wslua FieldInfo. (Bug 4049)
• Wireshark crashes w/ GLib error when trying to play RTP stream. (Bug 4119)
• Windows 2000 support has been restored. (Bug 4176)
• Wrong dissection on be_cell_id_list for bssmap. (Bug 4437)
• I/O Graph dropdown boxes not working correctly. (Bug 4487)
• Runtime Error when right-clicking field and selecting “Filter Field Reference”. (Bug 4522)
• In GSM SMS PDU TPVPF showing wrong. (Bug 4524)
• Profinet: May be wrong defined byte meaning. (Bug 4525)
• GLib-CRITICAL ** Message. (Bug 4547)
• Certain EDP display filters trigger Wireshark/tshark runtime error. (Bug 4563)
• Some NCP frames trigger “Dissector bug, protocol NCP”. (Bug 4565)
• The encapsulation abbreviation “bluetooth-h4” is ambiguous. (Bug 4613)

Updated Protocol Support:

• BSSMAP
• DMP
• GSM SMS
• LDSS
• NCP
• PN/IO
• PPP
• SIP
• SNMP

The following downloads are available:
Wireshark 1.2.7 for Windows (32bit)
Wireshark 1.2.7 for Windows (64bit)
Wireshark 1.2.7 for Windows (U3 version)
Wireshark 1.2.7 for PortableApps
Wireshark 1.2.7 for Mac OS X (Intel)
Wireshark 1.2.7 for Mac OS X (PPC)
Wireshark 1.2.7 source code for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD among others