Wireshark 2.4.16 Release Notes
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What is Wireshark?

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

   This is the final release of the Wireshark 2.4 branch. It will reach
   its official end of life on July 19, 2019. If you are still using
   Wireshark 2.4 you are encouraged to upgrade to Wireshark 3.0.

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
     * [1]wnpa-sec-2019-20 ASN.1 BER and related dissectors crash. [2]Bug
       15870. [3]CVE-2019-13619.

   The following bugs have been fixed:
     * BTLE doesn't properly detect start fragment of L2CAP PDUs. [4]Bug
       15807.
     * Problems with sshdump "Error by extcap pipe: sh: sudo: command not
       found". [5]Bug 15845.
     * editcap won't change encapsulation type when writing pcap format.
       [6]Bug 15873.

  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

   ASN.1, BTLE, CUPS, DNS, DPNSS, GSM RLC/MAC, HiQnet, MAC LTE, MIME
   multipart, MQ, SMB, and TNEF

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   Ascend, and pcapng

  New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

   There are no new or updated capture interfaces supported in this
   release.
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Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
   [7]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 [8]download page on the Wireshark web site.
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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.
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Known Problems

   Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. ([9]Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([10]Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
   ([11]Bug 1814)

   Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
   ([12]Bug 2234)

   Application crash when changing real-time option. ([13]Bug 4035)

   Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
   ([14]Bug 4985)

   Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. ([15]Bug
   10488)
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Getting Help

   Community support is available on [16]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 [17]the web site.

   Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
   [18]Wireshark University.
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Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the [19]Wireshark web site.
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   Last updated 2019-07-17 16:40:11 UTC

References

   1. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-20.html
   2. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15870
   3. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13619
   4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15807
   5. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15845
   6. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15873
   7. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   8. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
   9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
  10. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814
  12. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
  13. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
  14. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  15. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10488
  16. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  17. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  18. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
  19. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html