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= Wireshark wireshark-version:[] Release Notes

== What is Wireshark?

Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

== What's New

=== Bug Fixes

// Link templates: ws-buglink:5000[]  ws-buglink:6000[Wireshark bug]  cve-idlink:2013-2486[]

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.

* ws-salink:2015-30[]
+
Pcapng file parser crash. Discovered by Dario Lombardo and Shannon Sabens.
// Fixed in master: g7249791
// Fixed in master-1.12: g21ec666
(ws-buglink:11455[])
//cve-idlink:2015-XXXX[]


The following bugs have been fixed:

//* Wireshark always manages to score tickets for Burning Man, Coachella, and
//  SXSW while you end up working double shifts. (ws-buglink:0000[])
// cp /dev/null /tmp/buglist.txt ; for bugnumber in `git log --stat v1.12.9rc0..| grep ' Bug:' | cut -f2 -d: | sort -n -u ` ; do gen-bugnote $bugnumber; pbpaste >> /tmp/buglist.txt; done

* Last Address field for IPv6 RPL routing header is interpreted incorrectly. (ws-buglink:10560[])

* Comparing two capture files crashes Wireshark when navigating the results. (ws-buglink:11098[])

* 802.11 frame is not correctly dissected if it contains HT Control. (ws-buglink:11351[])

* GVCP bit-fields not updated. (ws-buglink:11442[])

* Tshark crash when specifying ssl.keys_list on CLI. (ws-buglink:11443[])

* pcapng: SPB capture length is incorrectly truncated if IDB snaplen = 0. (ws-buglink:11483[])

* pcapng: NRB IPv4 address is endian swapped but shouldn't be. (ws-buglink:11484[])

* pcapng: NRB with options causes file read failure. (ws-buglink:11485[])

* pcapng: ISB without if_drop option is shown as max value. (ws-buglink:11489[])

* UNISTIM dissector - Message length not included in offset for "Select Adjustable Rx Volume". (ws-buglink:11497[])


=== New and Updated Features

There are no new features in this release.

=== New Protocol Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

=== Updated Protocol Support

--sort-and-group--
DIAMETER
GVCP
IEEE 802.11
IPv6
UNISTIM
--sort-and-group--

=== New and Updated Capture File Support

//There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.
--sort-and-group--
pcapng
--sort-and-group--

== Getting Wireshark

Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

=== Vendor-supplied Packages

Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can
usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system
specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found
on the https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[download page]
on the Wireshark web site.

== File Locations

Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations vary
from platform to platform. You can use About→Folders to find the default
locations on your system.

== Known Problems

Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
(ws-buglink:1419[])

The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
(ws-buglink:1516[])

Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
(ws-buglink:1814[])

Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
(ws-buglink:2234[])

The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
(https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64[Win64 development page])

Resolving (ws-buglink:9044[]) reopens (ws-buglink:3528[]) so that Wireshark
no longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.

Application crash when changing real-time option.
(ws-buglink:4035[])

Hex pane display issue after startup.
(ws-buglink:4056[])

Packet list rows are oversized.
(ws-buglink:4357[])

Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
(ws-buglink:4985[])

== Getting Help

Community support is available on https://ask.wireshark.org/[Wireshark's
Q&A site] and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription
information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be
found on https://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].

Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
http://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].

== Frequently Asked Questions

A complete FAQ is available on the
https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].