Wireshark 2.6.19 Release Notes

 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

  Bug Fixes

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     • Dissector for ASTERIX Category 001 / 210 does not recognize bit 1
       as extension. Bug 16662[1].

     • Short IMSIs (5 digits) lead to wrong decoding+warning. Bug
       16676[2].

     • Decoding of PFCP IE PFD Contents results in "malformed packet".
       Bug 16704[3].

     • RFH2 Header with 32 or less bytes of NameValue will not parse out
       that info. Bug 16733[4].

     • CDP: Port ID TLV followed by Type 1009 TLV triggers [Malformed
       Packet]. Bug 16742[5].

     • tshark crashed when processing opcda. Bug 16746[6].

     • tshark with --export-dicom gives “Segmentation fault (core
       dumped)”. Bug 16748[7].

  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

   ASTERIX, BSSAP, CDP, DCERPC SPOOLSS, DCOM, DVB-S2, E.212, GSM RR, GSM
   SMS, IEEE 802.11, MQ, Nano, NIS+, PFCP, RTPS, TDS, TN3270, and TN5250

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.

  New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

   There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.

 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 download page[8] 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.

 Known Problems

  The BER dissector might infinitely loop. Bug 1516[9].

  Capture filters aren’t applied when capturing from named pipes. Bug
  1814[10].

  Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works. Bug
  2234[11].

  Application crash when changing real-time option. Bug 4035[12].

  Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
  Bug 4985[13].

  Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. Bug
  10488[14].

 Getting Help

  Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[15] and on the
  wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and archives
  for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be found on the web site[16].

 Frequently Asked Questions

  A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[17].

  Last updated 2020-08-12 17:11:27 UTC

 References

   1. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16662
   2. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16676
   3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16704
   4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16733
   5. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16742
   6. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16746
   7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16748
   8. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
   9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
  10. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
  12. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
  13. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  14. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10488
  15. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  16. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  17. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
