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WireShark 1.2.6

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What's new in this version:

- Babi discovered several buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector.
- Versions affected: 0.9.15 to 1.0.10, 1.2.0 to 1.2.5

The following bugs have been fixed:
- Wireshark could crash while decrypting Kerberos data.
- Address display filters hang Wireshark. (Bug 658)
- PSML - structure context node missing. (Bug 1564)
- Wireshark doesn't dynamically update the packet list. (Bug 1605)
- LUA: There's no tvb_get_stringz() equivalent. (Bug 2244)
- tvb_new_real_data is prone to memory leak. (Bug 3917)
- Malformed OPC UA traffic makes Wireshark "freeze". (Bug 3986)
- Analyze→Expert... doesn't show IP "Bad Checksum" errors. (Bug 4177)
- Wireshark can't decrypt WPA(2)-PSK when passphrase is 63 bytes. (Bug 4183)
- RTP stream analysis: Wrong jitter values after clicking the refresh button. (Bug 4340)
- Wireshark decodes bootp option 2 incorrectly. (Bug 4342)
- Deleting SMI modules causes Wireshark to crash. (Bug 4354)
- Wireshark decodes kerberos AS-REQ PADATA incorrect. (Bug 4363)
- PDML output from TShark includes invalid characters. (Bug 4402)
- Empty GPRS LLC S frames cause truncated data exception. (Bug 4417)

- New and Updated Features
- Feature parity between the 64- and 32-bit Windows installer has been improved. The 64-bit installer now supports the "matches" operator, GeoIP location, and most types of decryption. Kerberos decryption and OID resolution are still not supported.

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

- Updated Protocol Support
- BJNP, BOOTP/DHCP, DHCPv6, FIP, GPRS LLC, IEEE 802.11, IP, Kerberos, OPCUA, SCTP, SSL, ZRTP

- Updated Capture File Support
- There are no updated capture file formats in this release.

- Getting Wireshark
- Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

- Vendor-supplied Packages
- Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found on the download page on the Wireshark web site.

- File Locations
- Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.

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