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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 1.31.
// They previously shipped with Npcap 1.10.

// 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 5.15.2.
// They previously shipped with Qt 5.12.1.

=== Bug Fixes

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

* wssalink:2021-16[]
Gryphon dissector crash.
wsbuglink:17737[].
cveidlink:2021-4186[].
// Fixed in master: ca71d1624c
// Fixed in release-3.6: 2836470b73
// Fixed in release-3.4: 86ea1cc4fd
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
// * Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2021-11-18-10827.pcap wsbuglink:17737[].

* wssalink:2021-17[]
RTMPT dissector infinite loop.
wsbuglink:17745[].
cveidlink:2021-4185[].
// Fixed in master: 80ebcc90bc
// Fixed in release-3.6: 614184a7df
// Fixed in release-3.4: 36c3ff8596
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
// * Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2021-11-23-8582.pcap wsbuglink:17745[].
// * Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2021-11-25-10735.pcap wsbuglink:17749[].

* wssalink:2021-18[]
BitTorrent DHT dissector infinite loop.
wsbuglink:17754[].
cveidlink:2021-4184[].
// Fixed in master: ebcba787a0
// Fixed in release-3.6: 6f90eb902e
// Fixed in release-3.4: ddd4114305
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
// * Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2021-11-29-6844.pcap wsbuglink:17754[].

* wssalink:2021-20[]
RFC 7468 file parser infinite loop.
wsbuglink:17801[].
cveidlink:2021-4182[].
// Fixed in master: b3215d99ca
// Fixed in release-3.6: 918ca332e8
// Fixed in release-3.4: 33ff19e11f
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
// * Freeze on opening an incomplete RFC 7468 file wsbuglink:17801[].

* wssalink:2021-21[]
Sysdig Event dissector crash.
// wsbuglink:xxxxx[].
cveidlink:2021-4181[].
// Fixed in master: c22b8bcb5f
// Fixed in release-3.6: a09a47036b
// Fixed in release-3.4: d2436f19a3
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-126: Buffer Over-read

The following bugs have been fixed:

//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark exposed details your sordid redneck past, which were subsequently widely disseminated on social media.
// cp /dev/null /tmp/buglist.txt ; for bugnumber in `git log v3.4.4rc0.. | 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

* 43 test case failed in Ubuntu Build action wsbuglink:17730[].

* 5GS TAI not correctly decoded for GTPv2 wsbuglink:17738[].

* Can't install "ChmodBPF.pkg" or "Add Wireshark to the system path.pkg" on M1 MacBook Air Monterey without Rosetta 2 wsbuglink:17757[].

* Unable to build without tshark wsbuglink:17766[].

=== New and Updated Features

// === 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.
// ag -A1 '(define PSNAME|proto_register_protocol[^_])' $(git diff --name-only v3.4.9.. | ag packet- | sort -u)
[commaize]
--
AT
BT-DHT
BT LE LL
EVS
FF
Gryphon
GTPv2
MKA
RTMPT
RTSP
SRVLOC
Sysdig Event
--

=== 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]
--
RFC 7468
--

// === 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].
