Download Wireshark 1.2.2

Wireshark’s version 1.2.2 was released on Wednesday, the second update to the version 1.2.0 released in mid-June. Wireshark is an open source protocol analyzer and packet sniffer, which can analyze and parse various network protocols and data packets on the network. The program can also use previously saved data traffic as input. Version 1.2.0, among other things, introduced separate downloads for 64-bit versions of Windows, added support for the c-ares resolver library, and improved support for Mac OS X. In this update, the developers have fixed three security vulnerabilities and one quite a few bug fixes. The full release notes can be found below:

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

• The GSM ARR dissector could crash.
• The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
• The TLS dissector could crash on some platforms.

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 Information, 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.

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

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The following downloads are available:
Wireshark 1.2.2 for Windows (32bit)
Wireshark 1.2.2 for Windows (64bit)
Wireshark 1.2.2 for Windows (U3 version)
Wireshark 1.2.2 for PortableApps
Wireshark 1.2.2 for Mac OS X (Intel)
Wireshark 1.2.2 for Mac OS X (PPC)
Wireshark 1.2.2 source code for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD among others