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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] crash in libgcrypt-11.dll on Win7 with nightly build and 1.6

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:20:49 -0700
On 3/28/12 10:06 AM, Deny IP Any Any wrote:
> First Wireshark bug report, please be gentle.
> 
> I had a copy of Wireshark 1.6.2 installed and working for a long time.
> Today I upgraded to 1.6.6; now, Wireshark crashes when it launches.
> The latest nightly rebuild also crashes when it loads, in the same
> module. It appears to be complaining about libgcrypt-11, but I'm not a
> programmer.
> 
> wireshark 1.7.1-SVN-41818 (SVN Rev 41818 from /trunk)
> 
> Copyright 1998-2012 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 (64-bit) with GTK+ 2.22.1, with Cairo 1.10.2, with Pango 1.28.3, with
> GLib 2.26.1, with WinPcap (4_1_2), with libz 1.2.5, without POSIX capabilities,
> with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.7.1, with Lua 5.1, without Python, with GnuTLS
> 2.12.18, with Gcrypt 1.4.6, without Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio
> V19-devel (built Mar 28 2012), with AirPcap.
> 
> Running on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with WinPcap version
> 4.1.2 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2001), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch
> 1_0_rel0b (20091008), GnuTLS 2.12.18, Gcrypt 1.4.6, without AirPcap.
> 
> Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 build 21022
> 
> 
> 
> This is the default Windows crash info; is there a way I can gather
> more useful debugging info, or is this already a known issue?

I can confirm that this happens on 64-bit Windows if you have SSL
decryption keys configured. Can you try renaming
%APPDATA%\Wireshark\ssl_keys temporarily?


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