Ubuntu
wireshark package

[gutsy] Wireshark crashes when opening captured file

Bug #151545 reported by Jasey on 2007-10-11

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	wireshark (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: wireshark

I am currently doing 24/7 monitoring on our network at the office, the monitoring is running on an Ubuntu 6.06 system with tethereal and saving the files for me to process.

the files are 100MB in size and they open fine on Feisty + Wireshark. after upgrading to Gutsy and the new Wireshark it gets to around 30% opening the file then crashes. In the terminal I get :

$ wireshark
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I'd attach the dump file, but i don't know where it is. if someone could let me know I'll post it.

any help on what is causing this or a fix for it would be great, because without Wireshark I can't do alot of my work.

Jason.

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hoppik (hoppik) wrote on 2008-01-02:

This capture file crashes Wireshark Edit (2.9 MiB, application/octet-stream)

Hi,

I have the same problem...

In attachment is the capture file.

Tomas

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Hew (hew) wrote on 2008-06-03:

I can open that capture file just fine on Ubuntu Hardy, wireshark 1.0.0-1. Could you please try opening it with the latest wireshark as well? Thanks in advance.

Changed in wireshark:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Hew (hew) wrote on 2008-07-13:

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!