Software Update: Wireshark 1.8.5

Version 1.8.5 of the open source protocol analyzer and packet niffer Wireshark has been released. With this program, various data packets and network protocols on the network can be analyzed. The program can also use previously saved data traffic as input. Wireshark runs on Windows XP and above, Linux, and OS X, with separate downloads for 32bit and 64bit versions of the operating systems. The changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.

• wnpa-sec-2013-01 Infinite and large loops in the Bluetooth HCI, CSN.1, DCP-ETSI DOCSIS CM-STAUS, IEEE 802.3 Slow Protocols, MPLS, R3, RTPS, SDP, and SIP dissectors. (bugs 8036, 8037, 8038, 8040, 8041, 8042, 8043, 8198, 8199, 8222)
• wnpa-sec-2013-02 The CLNP dissector could crash. (Bug 7871)
• wnpa-sec-2013-03 The DTN dissector could crash. (Bug 7945)
• wnpa-sec-2013-04 The MS-MMC dissector (and possibly others) could crash. (Bug 8112)
• wnpa-sec-2013-05 The DTLS dissector could crash.(Bug 8111)
• wnpa-sec-2013-06 The ROHC dissector could crash. (Bug 7679)
• wnpa-sec-2013-07 The DCP-ETSI dissector could corrupt memory.(Bug 8213)
• wnpa-sec-2013-08 The Wireshark dissection engine could crash.(Bug 8197)
• wnpa-sec-2013-09 The NTLMSSP dissector could overflow a buffer.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• SNMPv3 Engine ID registration. (Bug 2426)
• Wrong decoding or gtp.target identification. (Bug 3974)
• Reassemble.c leaks memory for GLIB > 2.8. (Bug 4141)
• Wireshark crashes when starting due to out-of-date plugin left behind from earlier installation. (Bug 7401)
• Failed to dissect TLS handshake packets. (Bug 7435)
• ISUP dissector problem with empty Generic Number. (Bug 7632)
• Illegal character is used in temporary capture file name. (Bug 7877)
• Lua code crashes wireshark after update to 1.8.3. (Bug 7976)
• Timestamp info is not saved correctly when writing DOS Sniffer files. (Bug 7998)
• 1.8.3 Wireshark User’s Guide version is 1.6. (Bug 8009)
• Core dumped when the file is closed. (Bug 8022)
• LPP is misspelled in APDU parameter in e-CIDMeasurementInitiation request for LPPA message. (Bug 8023)
• Wrong packet bytes are selected for ISUP CUG binary code. (Bug 8035)
• Decodes FCoE Group Multicast MAC address as Broadcom MAC address. (Bug 8046)
• The SSL dissector stops decrypting the SSL conversation with Malformed Packet:SSL error messages. (Bug 8075)
• Unable to Save/Apply [Unistim Port] in Preferences. (Bug 8078)
• Some Information Elements in GTPv2 are not dissected correctly. (Bug 8079)
• Wrong bytes highlighted with “Find Packet…”. (Bug 8085)
• 3GPP ULI AVP. SAI is not correctly decoded. (Bug 8098)
• Wireshark does not show “Start and End Time” information for Cisco Netflow/IPFIX with type 154 to 157. (Bug 8105)
• GPRS Tunnel Protocol GTP Version 1 does not decode DAF flag in Common Flags IE. (Bug 8193)
• Wrong parcing of ULI or gtpv2 messages – errors in SAC, RAC & ECI. (Bug 8208)
• Version Number in EtherIP dissector. (Bug 8211)
• Warn Dissector bug, protocol JXTA. (Bug 8212)
• Electromagnetic Emission Parser parses field Event Id as Entity Id. (Bug 8227)

Updated Protocol Support

• ANSI IS-637-A
• ASN.1 PER
• AX.25
• Bluetooth HCI
• CLNP
• CSN.1
• DCP-ETSIA
• DIAMETER
• DIS PDU
• DOCSIS CM STATUS
• DTLS
• DTN
• EtherIP
• Fiber Channel
• GPRS
• GTP
• GTPv2
• HomePlug AV
• IEEE 802.3 Slow
• IEEE 802.15.4
• ISUP
• JXTA
• LAPD
• LPPa
• MPLS
• MS-MMC
• NAS EPS
• NTLMSSP
• ROHC
• RSL
• RTPS
• SDP
• SIP
• SNMP
• SSL

New and Updated Capture File Support

• DOS Sniffer

The following downloads are available:
Wireshark 1.8.5 for Windows (32bit)
Wireshark 1.8.5 for Windows (64 bit)
Wireshark 1.8.5 for Windows (U3 version)
Wireshark 1.8.5 for PortableApps
Wireshark 1.8.5 for Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel, 32bit)
Wireshark 1.8.5 for Mac OS X 10.5 (PPC, 32bit)
Wireshark 1.8.5 for Mac OS X 10.6 (Intel, 64bit)
Wireshark 1.8.5 source code for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD among others