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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] snoop capture dissector error

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:45:13 -0700

On Jun 30, 2008, at 7:36 AM, tim.kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I'm using Wireshark 1.0.0. When decoding a snoop capture of SNMP traffic I'm receiving the
following error message:

[Dissector bug, protocol SNMP: proto.c:932: failed assertion
"DISSECTOR_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED"]

I have a coworker who is running 99.6a and he is able to decode the capture file with no
error. Am I missing something here or is this a bug?

As the word "bug" in the message suggests, this is a bug. :-)

It's also a bug that probably has nothing to do with it being a snoop capture. Please file a bug at bugs.wireshark.org, and, if possible, attach to the bug a capture file that shows the error. (If you save a capture containing only the packet that gets that assertion, and reading that capture shows the error, just attach that.)