Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] smb,rtt statistics problem

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 02:12:25 -0700
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 09:12:13PM +0000, tim.everitt@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have recently been exploring the excellent statistics capabilities in 
> ethereal and the corresponding -z in tethereal.
> 
> I have captured netbios/smb traffic using a snapshot length of 128. 
> 
> When I use: 
> tethereal -r <file> -R "not frame" -z "smb,rtt"
> on this file the program abruptly terminates with a Segmentation Fault.
> 
> When I go to Tools->Statistics... etc. to get the same information in 
> ethereal a result window briefly flashes on the screen and then ethereal 
> abruptly exists.
> 
> I have narrowed down the range of frames and now have a tiny 2 frame 
> capture file with one netbios/smb request and the corresponding response 
> that exhibits this abrupt exit behaviour.
> 
> If anyone could use this capture file to find the vulnerability in the 
> decode (alas I'm a network engineer not a programmer) I'll send it in.

Ronnie Sahlberg checked in a change that should fix that; it'll be in
the next release, and is also available to those building from CVS.