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= Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
// Asciidoctor Syntax Quick Reference:
// https://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-syntax-quick-reference/

== 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

// The Windows installers now ship with Npcap 0.9997.
// They previously shipped with Npcap 0.9994.

// The Windows installers now ship with USBPcap 1.5.X.0.
// They previously shipped with USBPcap 1.5.4.0.

// The Windows installers now ship with Qt 5.12.9.
// They previously shipped with Qt 5.12.8.

=== Bug Fixes

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

* wssalink:2021-06[]
DNP dissector crash.
wsbuglink:17462[].
cveidlink:2021-22235[].
// Fixed in master: 029a7fcec5
// Fixed in release-3.4: 490fe2684b
// Fixed in master-3.2: d9497073c4
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-762: Mismatched Memory Management Routines

The following bugs have been fixed:

//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark is solely responsible for the decline of shopping malls in your area.
// cp /dev/null /tmp/buglist.txt ; for bugnumber in `git log v3.2.10rc0.. | gsed -e 's/\(close\|fix\|resolv\)[^ ]* #/\nclose #/gI' | grep ^close | sed -e 's/close.*#\([1-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/' | sort -V -u` ; do "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/tools/gen-bugnote" $bugnumber; pbpaste >> /tmp/buglist.txt; done

* No wlan_radio.duration calculated for PHY type: 802.11ac (VHT) wsbuglink:17419[].

* NAN Dissector has wrong minimum length for availability attribute wsbuglink:17431[].

=== New and Updated Features

There are no new features in this release.

// === Removed Features and Support

//=== Removed Dissectors

// === New File Format Decoding Support

// [commaize]
// --
// --

=== New Protocol Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

=== Updated Protocol Support

// Add one protocol per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
--
DNP
GTPv2
IEEE 802.11 Radio
NAN
NR RRC
OSPF
pcapng
PNIO
RSL
Snort config
--

=== New and Updated Capture File Support

// There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.
// Add one file type per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
--
Catapult DCT2000
ERF
pcap
--

// === New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

//_Non-empty section placeholder._

// === Major API Changes

== 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.

== Getting Help

The User’s Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be
found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/

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].

Issues and feature requests can be reported on
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues[the issue tracker].

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

== Frequently Asked Questions

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