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<article>
  <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>

  <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
    <para>
      Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.  It
      is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
    <section id="BugFixes"><title>Bug Fixes</title>

    <para>

      The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.
      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-45.html">wnpa-sec-2013-45</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The Bluetooth SDP dissector could go into a large loop. Discovered by Laurent Butti.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r50134 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50250 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50251 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8831">Bug
            8831</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4927">CVE-2013-4927</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-47.html">wnpa-sec-2013-47</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The DIS dissector could go into a large loop.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r50450 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50451 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50452 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8911">Bug
            8911</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4929">CVE-2013-4929</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-48.html">wnpa-sec-2013-48</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The DVB-CI dissector could crash. Discovered by Laurent Butti.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r50474 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50475 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50476 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8916">Bug
            8916</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4930">CVE-2013-4930</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-49.html">wnpa-sec-2013-49</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The GSM RR dissector (and possibly others) could go into a large loop.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r50504 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50505 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50506 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8923">Bug
            8923</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4931">CVE-2013-4931</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-50.html">wnpa-sec-2013-50</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The GSM A Common dissector could crash.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r50672 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50673 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50675 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8940">Bug
            8940</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4932">CVE-2013-4932</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-51.html">wnpa-sec-2013-51</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The Netmon file parser could crash. Discovered by G. Geshev.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r49697 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50683 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50684 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8742">Bug
            8742</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4933">CVE-2013-4933</ulink>
          </para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4934">CVE-2013-4934</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html">wnpa-sec-2013-52</ulink>
          </para>
          <para>
	    The ASN.1 PER dissector could crash. Discovered by Oliver-Tobias Ripka.
            <!-- Fixed in trunk: r49985 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.10: r50702 -->
            <!-- Fixed in trunk-1.8: r50703 -->
            (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8722">Bug
            8722</ulink>)
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 1.10.0, 1.8.0 to 1.8.8.</para>
	  <para>
            <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4935">CVE-2013-4935</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>
    </para>

    <para>

      The following bugs have been fixed:

      <itemizedlist>

<!-- Sort by bug # -->
<!--
        <listitem><para>
	  Wireshark will strip the paint off your car, then apply a hideous
	  flame job to the hood and fenders using gray, red, and black primer.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=0000">Bug
          0000</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>
-->

        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark hides under Taskbar.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3034">Bug
          3034</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark doesn't translate IEEE802a OUI.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3123">Bug
          3123</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          IEEE 802.15.4 frame check sequence in &quot;Chipcon mode&quot; not displayed correctly.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4507">Bug
          4507</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Mask in Lua ProtoField.uint32() does not work as expected.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5734">Bug
          5734</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Lines of text are truncated if they are either longer than the paper width or past the paper height.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7543">Bug
          7543</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          [PATCH] Add MAC-DATA support to TETRA dissector and other minor improvements.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8708">Bug
          8708</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark writes empty NRB FQDN which makes trace unloadable.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8763">Bug
          8763</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Wrong encoding for 2 pod files, UTF-8 characters in another.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8774">Bug
          8774</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          SCSI (SPC) sense key specific information field must not include SKSV.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8782">Bug
          8782</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Wireshark crashes when closing Flow Graph with Graph Analysis opened.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8793">Bug
          8793</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Detection of IPv6 works only on Solaris 8.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8813">Bug
          8813</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          ansi_637_tele dissector displays MSB as MBS for Call-Back Number.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8851">Bug
          8851</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Dropped bytes in IMAP dissector.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8857">Bug
          8857</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Kismet drone/server dissector improvements.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8864">Bug
          8864</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          iostat_draw sizeof mismatch.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8888">Bug
          8888</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          SIP stats shows incorrect values for Max/Ave setup times.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8897">Bug
          8897</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          Graph Filter field limited to 256 characters.
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8909">Bug
          8909</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

        <listitem><para>
          All mongodb query show as [Malformed Packet: MONGO].
          (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8960">Bug
          8960</ulink>)
        </para></listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    </section>

    <section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
    <para>

There are no new features in this release.

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
    <para>

There are no new protocols in this release.

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>

<!-- Sort alphabetically -->

ANSI IS-637-A,
ASN.1 PER,
ASN.1,
DCERPC NDR,
Ethernet,
H.235,
IEEE 802.15.4,
IEEE 802a,
IMAP,
KDSP,
MAC-LTE,
MONGO,
PDCP-LTE,
RLC,
RLC-LTE,
SCSI,
SoulSeek,
TETRA

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
    <para>

Microsoft Network Monitor, pcap-ng.

    </para>
    </section>

  </section>

  <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
    <para>
      Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
      <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">http://www.wireshark.org/download.html</ulink>.
    </para>

    <section id="VendorPackages"><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
      <para>
        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
        <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty">download page</ulink>
        on the Wireshark web site.
      </para>
    </section>

  </section>

  <!-- XXX needs to be written
  <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
    <para>
    </para>
  </section>
  -->

  <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
    <para>
      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.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>

    <para>
      Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419">Bug
      1419</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
      1516</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814">Bug
      1814</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234">Bug
      2234</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
      (<ulink url="https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64">Win64
      development page</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Application crash when changing real-time option.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035">Bug
      4035</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Hex pane display issue after startup.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056">Bug
      4056</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Packet list rows are oversized.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357">Bug
      4357</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445">Bug
      4445</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
      (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985">Bug
      4985</ulink>)
    </para>

  </section>

  <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
    <para>
    Community support is available on
    <ulink url="http://ask.wireshark.org/">Wireshark's Q&amp;A site</ulink>
    and on the wireshark-users mailing list.
    Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
    lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
    web site</ulink>.
    </para>
    <para>
    Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
    <ulink url="http://www.wiresharktraining.com/">Wireshark University</ulink>.
    </para>
  </section>

  <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
    <para>
    A complete FAQ is available on the
    <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
    </para>
  </section>

</article>