# Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; 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 vulnerability has been fixed.

- wnpa-sec-2012-32

  The sFlow dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 7789)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.3, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2012-6054

- wnpa-sec-2012-33

  The SCTP dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 7802)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.3, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2012-6056

- wnpa-sec-2013-13

  The MS-MMS dissector could crash. Discovered by Laurent Butti. (Bug 8382)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2478

- wnpa-sec-2013-15

  The RTPS and RTPS2 dissectors could crash. Discovered by Alyssa Milburn. (Bug 8332)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2480

- wnpa-sec-2013-16

  The Mount dissector could crash. Discovered by Alyssa Milburn. (Bug 8335)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2481

- wnpa-sec-2013-17

  The AMPQ dissector could go into an infinite loop. Discovered by Moshe Kaplan. (Bug 8337)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2482

- wnpa-sec-2013-18

  The ACN dissector could attempt to divide by zero. Discovered by Alyssa Milburn. (Bug 8340)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2483

- wnpa-sec-2013-19

  The CIMD dissector could crash. Discovered by Moshe Kaplan. (Bug 8346)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2484

- wnpa-sec-2013-20

  The FCSP dissector could go into an infinite loop. Discovered by Moshe Kaplan. (Bug 8359)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2485

- wnpa-sec-2013-22

  The DTLS dissector could crash. Discovered by Laurent Butti. (Bug 8380)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.5, 1.6.0 to 1.6.13.

  CVE-2013-2488

The following bugs have been fixed:

- Lua pinfo.cols.protocol not holding value in postdissector. (Bug 6020)

- Data combined via ssl_desegment_app_data not visible via "Follow SSL Stream" only decrypted ssl data tabs. (Bug 6434)

- HTTP application/json-rpc should be decoded/shown as application/json. (Bug 7939)

- WMM TSPEC Element Parsing is not done is wrong due to a wrong switch case number. (Bug 8320)

- [BACnet] UCS-2 strings longer than 127 characters do not decode correctly. (Bug 8331)

- Netflow dissector flowDurationMicroseconds nanosecond conversion wrong. (Bug 8410)

- BE (3) AC is wrongly named as "Video" in (qos_acs). (Bug 8432)

### 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

ACN, AMQP, BACnet, CIMD, DOCSIS TLVs, DTLS, FCSP, FMP/NOTIFY, IEEE 802.11, JSON, Mount, MS-MMS, Netflow, RTPS, RTPS2, SIP, SSL

### New and Updated Capture File Support

No new or updated capture file support.

## Getting Wireshark

Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from http://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 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

Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless network on OS X 10.4. (Bug 1315)

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 display filters (-R) no longer works. (Bug 2234)

The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with libsmi. (Win64 development page)

"Closing File!" Dialog Hangs. (Bug 3046)

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

Hex pane display issue after startup. (Bug 4056)

Packet list rows are oversized. (Bug 4357)

Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. (Bug 4445)

Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times when displayed as a custom column. (Bug 4985)

## Getting Help

Community support is available on 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 the web site.

Official Wireshark training and certification are available from Wireshark University.

## Frequently Asked Questions

A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.