# 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-2013-25

  The ASN.1 BER dissector could crash. (Bug 8599)

  Versions affected: 1.8.0 to 1.8.6, 1.6.0 to 1.6.14.

The following bugs have been fixed:

- SNMP dissector bug: STATUS_INTEGER_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO. (Bug 7359)

- A console window is never opened. (Bug 7755)

- dissect_rpc_array causes assertion fault when array is empty. (Bug 8145)

- Decoding of GSM MAP E164 Digits. (Bug 8450)

- Cannot read content of Ran Information Application Error Rim Container. (Bug 8559)

- "ACE4_ADD_FILE/ACE4_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY" should be "ACE4_APPEND_DATA / ACE4_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY". (Bug 8575)

- Wireshark Dissector bug with HSRP Version 2. (Bug 8622)

- LISP control packet incorrectly identified as LISP data based when UDP source port is 4341. (Bug 8627)

- Bad TCP checksum not detected. (Bug 8629)

- AMR Frame Type uses wrong Value String. (Bug 8681)

### 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

AMR, ASN.1 BER, BAT, BSSGP, DTLS, E.164, GSM MAP, HSRP, LISP, NFS, RPC, SASP, SIP, SNMP, SSL/TLS, TCP

### New and Updated Capture File Support

Netscreen.

## 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.