= Wireshark wireshark-version:[] 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 vulnerabilities have been fixed.

//* ws-buglink:5000[]
//* ws-buglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* ws-salink:2013-11[]
//* cve-idlink:2013-2486[]

The following bugs have been fixed:

// Should be sorted numerically.
//* Wireshark will strip the paint off your car, then apply a hideous
//flame job to the hood and fenders using gray, red, and black primer.
//(ws-buglink:0000[])
* Lua: trying to get/access a Preference before its registered causes a segfault (ws-buglink:9853[])
* Some value_string strings contain newlines. (ws-buglink:9878[])
* Tighten the NO_MORE_DATA_CHECK macros (ws-buglink:9932[])

=== 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

--sort-and-group--

ANSI A
DVB-CI
IEEE 802.11
MAC LTE

--sort-and-group--

=== New and Updated Capture File Support

--sort-and-group--

There are no changes in this release.

--sort-and-group--

=== 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 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[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

Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
(ws-buglink:1419[])

The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
(ws-buglink:1516[])

Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
(ws-buglink:1814[])

Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
(ws-buglink:2234[])

The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
(https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64[Win64 development page])

Application crash when changing real-time option.
(ws-buglink:4035[])

Hex pane display issue after startup.
(ws-buglink:4056[])

Packet list rows are oversized.
(ws-buglink:4357[])

Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
(ws-buglink:4445[])

Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
(ws-buglink:4985[])

== Getting Help

Community support is available on http://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 http://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].

Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
http://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].

== Frequently Asked Questions

A complete FAQ is available on the
http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].
