Software Update: Wireshark 1.8.7

Version 1.8.7 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-2013-23 The RELOAD dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 8364(Bug 8546) CVE-2013-2486 CVE-2013-2487
• wnpa-sec-2013-24 The GTPv2 dissector could crash. (Bug 8493)
• wnpa-sec-2013-25 The ASN.1 BER dissector could crash. (Bug 8599)
• wnpa-sec-2013-26 The PPP CCP dissector could crash. (Bug 8638)
• wnpa-sec-2013-27 The DCP ETSI dissector could crash. (Bug 8231, bug 8540, bug 8541)
• wnpa-sec-2013-28 The MPEG DSM-CC dissector could crash. (Bug 8481)
• wnpa-sec-2013-29 The Websocket dissector could crash. (Bug 8448, Bug 8499)
• wnpa-sec-2013-30 The MySQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 8458)
• wnpa-sec-2013-31 The ETCH dissector could go into a large loop. (Bug 8464)

The following bugs have been fixed:

• The Windows installer and uninstaller does a better job of detecting running executables.
• Library mismatch when compiling on a system with an older Wireshark version. (Bug 6011)
• SNMP dissector bug: STATUS_INTEGER_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO. (Bug 7359)
• A console window is never opened. (Bug 7755)
• GSM_MAP show malformed Packets when two IMSI. (Bug 7882)
• Fix include and libs search path when cross compiling. (Bug 7926)
• PER dissector crash. (Bug 8197)
• pcap-ng: name resolution block is not written to file on save. (Bug 8317)
• Incorrect RTP statistics (Lost Packets indication not ok). (Bug 8321)
• Decoding of GSM MAP E164 Digits. (Bug 8450)
• Silent installer and uninstaller not silent. (Bug 8451)
• Replace use of INCLUDES with AM_CPPFLAGS in all Makefiles to place recent autotools. (Bug 8452)
• Wifi details are not stored in the Decryption Key Management dialog (post 1.8.x). (Bug 8446)
• IO Graph should not be limited to 100k points (NUM_IO_ITEMS). (Bug 8460)
• geographical_description: hf_gsm_a_geo_loc_deg_of_long 24 bit field truncated to 23 bits. (Bug 8532)
• IRC message with multiple params causes malformed packet exception. (Bug 8548)
• Part of Ping Reply Message in ICMPv6 Reply Message is marked as “Malformed Packet”. (Bug 8554)
• MP2T wiretap heuristic overriding ERF. (Bug 8556)
• Cannot read content of Ran Information Application Error Rim Container. (Bug 8559)
• Endian error and IP:Port error when decoding BT-DHT response message. (Bug 8572)
• “ACE4_ADD_FILE/ACE4_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY” should be “ACE4_APPEND_DATA / ACE4_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY”. (Bug 8575)
• wireshark crashes while displaying I/O Graph. (Bug 8583)
• GTPv2 MM Context (UMTS Key, Quad, and Quint Decoded) incorrectly. (Bug 8596)
• DTLS 1.2 uses wrong PRF. (Bug 8608)
• RTP DTMF digits are no longer displayed in VoIP graph analysis. (Bug 8610)
• Universal port not accepted in RSA Keys List window. (Bug 8618)
• Wireshark Dissector bug with HSRP Version 2. (Bug 8622)
• LISP control packet incorrectly identified as LISP data based when UDP source port is 4341. (Bug 8627)
• Bad tcp checksum not detected. (Bug 8629)
• AMR Frame Type uses wrong Value String. (Bug 8681)

Updated Protocol Support

• AMR
• ASN.1 BER
• BAT
• Bluetooth DHT
• BSSGP
• DTLS
• E.164
• Ericsson A-bis OML
• GSM A
• GSM MAP
• HDFSData
• ICMP
• ICMPv6
• ixveriwave
• IRC
• KDSP
• LISP Dates
• MMS
• NFS
• OpenWire
• PPP
• RELOAD
• RTP
• SASP
• SIP
• SSL/TLS
• TCP
• UA3G

New and Updated Capture File Support

• Endace ERF
• NetScreen Snoop

The following downloads are available:
Wireshark 1.8.7 for Windows (32bit)
Wireshark 1.8.7 for Windows (64bit)
Wireshark 1.8.7 for Windows (U3 version)
Wireshark 1.8.7 for PortableApps
Wireshark 1.8.7 for OS X 10.5 (Intel, 32bit)
Wireshark 1.8.7 for OS X 10.5 (PPC, 32bit)
Wireshark 1.8.7 for OS X 10.6 (Intel, 64bit)
Wireshark 1.8.7 source code for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD among others