Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Bug 6112 - ANSI map/tcap ReturnError can't dissect

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:06:15 -0800
On Jan 14, 2015, at 4:57 AM, "Reutemann, Alan" <areutemann@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I’ve recently encountered this bug where all ANSI ReturnError messages are flagged with malformed packet errors.  Has there been any movement towards a solution?  Do you know yet if this is an ASN1 level bug or perhaps something in the BER sequence dissector?

I don't know the answer to either of those questions, so I'm CCing wireshark-dev.  It's generally not a good idea to ask individual members of the Wireshark developer team questions unless you know that they're working on the particular part of Wireshark about which you're asking.

> I’d be willing to test out any code fix if you have one available, pending or proposed, etc.  I’ve built the 1.12.2 tshark tool to help decode ANSI tcap/map messages and will keep it handy if you think a solution is available and I may be able to help in this capacity.
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> Thanks for your service to Wireshark and the community that uses it,
>  
> Alan Reutemann
> Transaction Network Services Software Development
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