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Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark freeze issue

From: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:17:54 -0700
Seems some malformed OPC UA traffic causes wireshark to "freeze",
though it recovers after a few minutes.


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Wireshark gets freezed for about two minutes when trying to decode a
malformed packet of OPCUA Service CallRequest.

There are two malformed CallRequest packets in the pcap, in which
the latter one cause the issue.

To reproduce:
 1. Load the pcap file
 2. Open "Decode as ..." dialog, select Transport source(12001) or
destination(12001) as "opcua", and press OK
 3. Wireshark gets freezed at the dialog for about 2 minutes, and then
show the packets as OpcUa.

Attachment: opc-ua-ap-method-wireshark-freeze.pcap
Description: application/cap