Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 4845] New: When a short frame is encountered while loading

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4845

           Summary: When a short frame is encountered while loading the
                    capture, do not terminate
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: 1.3.x (Experimental)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Low
         Component: TShark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: turney_cal@xxxxxxx


Build Information:
Version 1.3.6

Copyright 1998-2010 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled with GTK+ 2.16.6, (32-bit) with GLib 2.22.4, with WinPcap (version
unknown), with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, without libpcre, with
SMI
0.4.8, with c-ares 1.7.1, with Lua 5.1, without Python, with GnuTLS 2.8.5, with
Gcrypt 1.4.5, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built
Jun
 2 2010), with AirPcap.

Running on Windows XP Service Pack 3, build 2600, with WinPcap version 4.1.1
(packet.dll version 4.1.0.1753), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b
(20091008), GnuTLS 2.8.5, Gcrypt 1.4.5, without AirPcap.

Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 build 30729

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When a short (truncated) frame is encountered, like Wireshark, tshark should
continue rather than terminate the session.  In most cases, a short frame
occurs at the end of the capture and is typically the caused by the abnormal
termination the capture session. 

In some isolated cases the capture termination might have resulted from the
receipt of frames that caused a (faulty) network driver to crash the system. 
In such cases, one would want to see the surviving frames which might provide
clues as to the cause of the failure.

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