pcapfix Changelog

What's new in pcapfix 1.1.7

Jul 3, 2021
  • Fixed security issues.

New in pcapfix 1.1.6 (Jun 13, 2021)

  • Added security boundary checks in pcapng format

New in pcapfix 1.1.5 (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Snaplen checks are only performed in soft mode now
  • Fixed repairs for dlt 195 (ieee 802.15.4 with fcs)
  • Fixed (binary) file repair bug under Microsoft Windows
  • Improved compiling on all platforms (thanks to mdeweerd)

New in pcapfix 1.1.4 (Jan 23, 2019)

  • Added support for extended pcap file format (kuznetzov)
  • Fixed dtl 113 (linux cooked) handling (thanks to Andre Luyer)
  • Improved hard and soft mode checks for younger/older packets
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in pcapfix 1.1.3 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Released on 04.09.2018
  • Implemented soft mode (for plausibility checks)

New in pcapfix 1.1.2 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Released in 04.09.2018
  • Implemented soft mode (for plausibility checks)

New in pcapfix 1.1.2 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Released in 16.07.2018
  • Fixed cross compiling (thanks to Helmut Grohne)
  • Increased maximum snap length to 262144

New in pcapfix 1.1.1 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Released in 25.12.2017
  • Added write buffers and support to perform repair process without creation of a separate output file
  • Fixed another MacOS build problem
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in pcapfix 1.1.0 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • added checks for valid pcapng format (epb)
  • added --outfile parameter to chose fixed file name
  • improved pcapng packet alignment (pb, spb, nrb)
  • improved pcapng option fields handling
  • improved status and verbosity outputs
  • fixed reparation bugs with swapped pcap files
  • fixed MacOS compile problem
  • fixed windows output file name extension missing
  • fixed many minor bugs

New in pcapfix 1.0.2 (Feb 24, 2014)

  • added support for files larger than 2GB on 32bit systems

New in pcapfix 1.0.1 (Nov 8, 2013)

  • added reparation block type id zero (pcapng)
  • added reparation of capture length inside EPB (pcapng)
  • set data link type to ethernet on missing header (pcap)
  • changed missing pcap header threshold
  • fixed minor bugs

New in pcapfix 1.0.0 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • added pcapng support
  • added nanoseconds support
  • improved console output
  • minor bugs fixed

New in pcapfix 0.7.3 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • added snoop file detection
  • added large file support on 32bit architectures
  • improved missing header detection
  • fixed compiling errors on hurd and kfreebsd architectures
  • fixed minor bugs

New in pcapfix 0.7.2 (Apr 1, 2013)

  • compiles on Apple systems properly now
  • fixed problems installing man-pages (on some systems)

New in pcapfix 0.7.1 (Jan 4, 2013)

  • REALLY fixed file pointer exception on windows64 systems
  • updated man-page

New in pcapfix 0.7 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • added support for swapped (big endian) pcap files
  • fixed file pointer exception on windows64 systems
  • fixed detection bug when corrupted packet is larger than 65536 bytes
  • fixed minimal packet limit to cope with wlan traffic

New in pcapfix 0.6 (Jun 16, 2012)

  • added deep scan option (-d) to force packet detection inside the whole file
  • detects ascii-corruption in pcap header (unix->win)
  • improved global header and packet checks (0