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WireShark 1.2.2

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What's new in this version:

Bug Fixes:
- The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the security advisory for details and a workaround.
- The GSM A RR dissector could crash. (Bug 3893) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.1
- The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3986) Versions affected: 0.99.6 to 1.0.8, 1.2.0 to 1.2.1
- The TLS dissector could crash on some platforms. (Bug 4008) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.1
The following bugs have been fixed:
- The "Capture->Interfaces" window can't be closed. (Bug 1740)
- tshark-1.0.2 (dumpcap) signal abort core saved. (Bug 2767)
- Memory leak fixes. (Bug 3330)
- Display filter autocompletion doesn't work for some RADIUS and WiMAX ASNCP fields. (Bug 3538)
- Wireshark Portable includes wrong WinPcap installer. (Bug 3547)
- Crash when loading a profile. (Bug 3640)
- The proto,colinfo tap doesn't work if the INFO column isn't being printed. (Bug 3675)
- Flow Graph adds too much unnecessary garbage. (Bug 3693)
- The EAP Diameter dictionary file was missing in the distribution. (Bug 3761)
- Graph analysis window is behind other window. (Bug 3773)
- IKEv2 Cert Request payload dissection error. (Bug 3782)
- DNS NAPTR RR (RFC 3403) replacement MUST be a fully qualified domain-name. (Bug 3792)
- Malformed RTCP Packet error while sending Payload specific RTCP feedback packet( as per RFC 4585). (Bug 3800)
- 802.11n Block Ack packet Bitmap field missing. (Bug 3806)
- Wireshark doesn't decode WBXML/ActiveSync information correctly. (Bug 3811)
- Malformed packet when IPv6 packet has Next Header == 59. (Bug 3820)
- Wireshark could crash while reading an ERF file. (Bug 3849)
- Minor errors in gsm rr dissectors. (Bug 3889)
- WPA Decryption Issues. (Bug 3890)
- GSM A RR sys info dissection problem. (Bug 3901)
- GSM A RR inverts MEAS-VALID values. (Bug 3915)
- PDML output leaks ~300 bytes / packet. (Bug 3913)
- Incorrect station identifier parsing in Kingfisher dissector. (Bug 3946)
- DHCPv6, Vendor-Specific Informantion, SubOption"Option Request" parser incorrect. (Bug 3987)
- Wireshark could leak memory while analyzing SSL.
- Wireshark could crash while updating menu items after reading a file in some cases.
- The Mac OS X ChmodBPF script now works correctly under Snow Leopard.

New and Updated Features:
- There are no new or updated features in this release.

New Protocol Support:
- There are no new protocols in this release.

Updated Protocol Support:
- DCERPC, DHCPv6, DNS, E.212, GSM A RR, GTPv2, H.248, IEEE 802.11, IPMI, ISAKMP/IKE, ISUP, Kingfisher, LDAP, OpcUA, RTCP, SCTP, SIP, SSL, TCP, WBXML, ZRTP

Updated Capture File Support:
- ERF