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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

__This is the last release branch with support for 32-bit Windows.__
Updates will no longer be available after May 22, 2024 for that platform.
wsbuglink:17779[]

// The Windows installers now ship with Npcap 1.60.
// They previously shipped with Npcap 1.55.

// 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:2022-07[]
OPUS dissector crash.
wsbuglink:18378[].
// cveidlink:2022-xxxx[].
// Fixed in master: 749a8d0912
// Fixed in release-4.0: 0e1a66eced
// Fixed in release-3.6: 5db46d3a7c
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-120
// * Stack Overflow Write - OPUS dissector - dissect_opus() frames wsbuglink:18378[].

* wssalink:2022-08[]
USB-HID dissector crash on Windows.
wsbuglink:18384[].
// cveidlink:2022-xxxx[].
// Fixed in master: 402bb0ee81
// Fixed in release-4.0: f79c81f5d5
// Fixed in release-3.6: 025ba5fdf6
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
// CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
// * Crash in USB-HID dissector on Windows wsbuglink:18384[].


The following bugs have been fixed:

//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark keeps banging out random chords on your piano and yelling “LIPS LIKE SUGUAR, SUGAR KISSES” because it was funny that one time at a party.

* Wireshark no longer calculates Statistics -> Service Response Time -> FC properly. wsbuglink:16084[].

* Qt: Crash when opening Statistics -> Service Response Time -> DCE-RPC. wsbuglink:18319[].

* Qt: Crash when closing 3 of the 14 dialogs available from the menu item Statistics -> 29West wsbuglink:18334[].

* TCP: Dissector bug, protocol TCP, in packet 13: .../wireshark/epan/reassemble.c:1420: failed assertion "tvb_bytes_exist(tvb, offset, frag_data_len)" wsbuglink:18335[].

* Packet diagram field values are not terminated wsbuglink:18428[].

* Decoding bug H.245 userInput Signal wsbuglink:18468[].

* CFDP dissector doesn't handle "destination filename" only wsbuglink:18495[].


=== New and Updated Features

// === Removed Features and Support

// === Removed Dissectors

=== 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 v3.6.9.. | ag packet- | sort -u)
[commaize]
--
ASN.1 PER
BGP
CFDP
FC
GSMTAP
GTP
HTTP
IEEE 802.11
IPv4
ISAKMP
NAS-5GS
OPUS
PFCP
RTPS
TCP
USB HID
--

=== 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]
--
BLF
--

=== New File Format Decoding Support

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


// === 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[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 menu:Help[About Wireshark,Folders] or `tshark -G 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].

Bugs 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].
