Bug 364267 – net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.5 - segfaults while analyzing TCP packets (1.4.6 bump)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Caleb Jorden 2011-04-20 16:48:36 UTC]

Wireshark 1.4.5 is not a stable release.  It crashes while analyzing TCP packets very quickly.  I have seen it crash on my system with very simple captures.  The updated Wireshark 1.4.6 release fixes the issue.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Verify wireshark 1.4.5 is installed using latest ebuild (I am using flags adns caps gtk ipv6 lua pcap pcre portaudio python ssl threads zlib)
2. Open iseries.pcap from http://wiki.wireshark.org/SampleCaptures?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=iseries.cap
3. scroll down the list of packets quickly (just to demonstrate), and then back up and down the packet list.
Actual Results:  
Within 10 seconds, wireshark 1.4.5 disappears, and

[1]+  Segmentation fault      wireshark iseries.cap

is displayed in my terminal.

Expected Results:  
The application should continue to function.

This is a known bug in Wireshark 1.4.5.  See wireshark bug database here:

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837

For more information.

[Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2011-04-26 03:35:13 UTC]

*** Bug 364875 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 Jesse Adelman 2011-04-26 04:08:17 UTC]

So, I just version-bumped the existing ebuild in Portage, and it works well for me thus far. Cheers!

[Comment 3 Jesse Adelman 2011-04-26 04:09:03 UTC]

Oh, and this is on 32-bit x86 (bug is for AMD64?).

[Comment 4 Jesse Adelman 2011-04-29 01:48:57 UTC]

So, is more needed to bump this in Portage?

[Comment 5 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2011-04-29 03:14:34 UTC]

Bumped. pva is usually rather quick about this, so I was waiting patiently.