Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

There are no new or updated capture interfaces supported in this release.

2.7. New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

2.6. New and Updated Capture File Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

There are no new file formats in this release.

There are no new features in this release.

2.2. New and Updated Features

Windows installers and PortableApps® packages are dual signed using SHA-1 and SHA-256 in order to comply with Microsoft Authenticode policy . Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users should ensure that update 3123479 is installed. Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 users should ensure that hotfix 2763674 is installed.

The following bugs have been fixed:

The GSM CBCH dissector could crash. ( Bug 12278 )

Wireshark and TShark could exhaust the stack. ( Bug 12268 )

The IAX2 dissector could go into an infinite loop. ( Bug 12260 )

The PKTC dissector could crash. ( Bug 12242 )

The PKTC dissector could crash. ( Bug 12206 )

The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash. ( Bug 11824 , Bug 12187 )

TShark could crash due to a packet reassembly bug. ( Bug 11799 )

The NCP dissector could crash. ( Bug 11591 )

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

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 download page on the Wireshark web site.

Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from https://www.wireshark.org/download.html .

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.

5. Known Problems

Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. (Bug 1419)

The BER dissector might infinitely loop. (Bug 1516)

Capture filters aren’t applied when capturing from named pipes. (Bug 1814)

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

Resolving (Bug 9044) reopens (Bug 3528) so that Wireshark no longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.

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

Hex pane display issue after startup. (Bug 4056)

Packet list rows are oversized. (Bug 4357)

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

The 64-bit version of Wireshark will leak memory on Windows when the display depth is set to 16 bits (Bug 9914)

Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. (Bug 10488)

Dell Backup and Recovery (DBAR) makes many Windows applications crash, including Wireshark. (Bug 12036)