                         Wireshark 2.4.15 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

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
     * [1]wnpa-sec-2019-19 Wireshark dissection engine crash. [2]Bug
       15778.

   The following bugs have been fixed:
     * Help file doesn't display for extcap interfaces. [3]Bug 15592.
     * Wrong NTP timestamp for RTCP XR RR packets (hf_rtcp_xr_timestamp
       field). [4]Bug 15687.

  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

   DDP, IS-IS CLV, and RTCP XR RR

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   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
   [5]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 [6]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. ([7]Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([8]Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes. ([9]Bug
   1814)

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

   Application crash when changing real-time option. ([11]Bug 4035)

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

   Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. ([13]Bug
   10488)
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Getting Help

   Community support is available on [14]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 [15]the web site.

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

   A complete FAQ is available on the [17]Wireshark web site.
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   Last updated 2019-05-21 22:50:55 UTC

References

   1. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-19.html
   2. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15778
   3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15592
   4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15687
   5. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   6. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
   7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
   8. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
   9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814
  10. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
  12. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  13. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10488
  14. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  15. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  16. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
  17. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
