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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [

<!-- $Id$ -->

<!--
DOCUMENT SECTION
-Use this section to encode all document information
-->

<!--
Wireshark Info
-->
  <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.7">

]>

<article>
  <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>

  <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
    <para>
      Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.  It
      is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
    <section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
    <para>

      The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.  See the
      <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            Wireshark could crash when reading an MP3 file.
            <!-- Fixed in r22261 -->
            <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=???">???</ulink>) -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Beyond Security discovered that Wireshark could loop
	    excessively while reading a malformed DNP packet.
            <!-- Fixed in r22811 -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.10.12 to 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            Stefan Esser discovered a buffer overflow in the SSL dissector.
            <!-- Fixed in r22883 -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.99.0 to 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            The ANSI MAP dissector could be susceptible to a buffer overflow on some platforms.
            <!-- Fixed in r22892 -->
            <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1844">1844</ulink>) -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5 to 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            The Firebird/Interbase dissector could go into an infinite loop or crash.
            <!-- Fixed in r23251 -->
            <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1931">1931</ulink>) -->
            <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1932">1932</ulink>) -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            The NCP dissector could cause a crash.
            <!-- Fixed in r23398 -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            The HTTP dissector could crash on some systems while decoding
            chunked messages.
            <!-- Fixed in r23415 -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.10.14 to 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            The MEGACO dissector could enter a large loop and consume
            system resources.
            <!-- Fixed in r23449 -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.9.14 to 0.99.6</para>
          <para>
            <!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <!-- iSeries -->
        <!-- rtsp? -->
      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    <para>

    The following bugs have been fixed:

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem><para>
            Wireshark could crash while editing a coloring rule.
        </para></listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    </section>

    <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
    <para>
      The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
      since the last release:

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            Most of the capture code has been moved out of the GUI, which
            means that Wireshark no longer needs to be run as root.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            You can now filter directly on SNMP OIDs.
          </para>
        </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>
    </section>

    <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
    <para>

    </para>
    </section>

    <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>

    </para>
    </section>

    <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
    <para>

    </para>
    </section>

  </section>

  <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
    <para>
      Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
      the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
      page</ulink> on the main web site.
    </para>

    <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
      <para>
	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
	<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
      </para>
    </section>

  </section>

  <!-- XXX needs to be written
  <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
    <para>
    </para>
  </section>
  -->

  <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
    <para>
      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.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>

    <para>
      The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
      file dialogs under Windows.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
      942</ulink>)
    </para>

  </section>

  <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
    <para>
    Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
    Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
    lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
    web site</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>
    Commercial support, training, and development services are available
    from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
    <para>
    A complete FAQ is available on the
    <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
    </para>
  </section>

</article>