Wireshark 4.2.1 Release Notes

 What is Wireshark?

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

  Wireshark is hosted by the Wireshark Foundation, a nonprofit which
  promotes protocol analysis educaton. Wireshark and the foundation
  depend on your contributions in order to do their work. If you or your
  employer would like to contribute or become a sponsor, please visit
  wiresharkfoundation.org[1].

 What’s New

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

     • wnpa-sec-2024-01[2] GVCP dissector crash. Issue 19496[3].
       CVE-2024-0208[4].

     • wnpa-sec-2024-02[5] IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash. Issue 19501[6].
       CVE-2024-0209[7].

     • wnpa-sec-2024-03[8] HTTP3 dissector crash. Issue 19502[9].
       CVE-2024-0207[10].

     • wnpa-sec-2024-04[11] Zigbee TLV dissector crash. Issue 19504[12].
       CVE-2024-0210[13].

     • wnpa-sec-2024-05[14] DOCSIS dissector crash. Issue 19557[15].
       CVE-2024-0211[16].

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     • Capture filters not saved to recently used list. Issue 12918[17].

     • CFM dissector does not handle Sender ID TLV correctly when
       Chassis ID Length is zero. Issue 13720[18].

     • OSS-Fuzz 64290: wireshark:fuzzshark_ip: Global-buffer-overflow in
       dissect_zcl_read_attr_struct. Issue 19490[19].

     • Overriding capture options set by preference by command line
       arguments (like -S) doesn’t work. Issue 14549[20].

     • Segfault when enabling monitor mode on wireless card that falsely
       claims to support it. Issue 16693[21].

     • Documented format of temporary file name is out of date in the
       Wireshark User’s Guide. Issue 18464[22].

     • Selection highlight lost when interface list is sorted. Issue
       19133[23].

     • HTTP3 malformed packets. Issue 19475[24].

     • Capture filter compilation fails with obscure error message.
       Issue 19480[25].

     • XML: Parsing encoding attribute failed when standalone attribute
       exists. Issue 19485[26].

     • Display filter expressions where the protocol name starts with
       digit and contains a hyphen are rejected. Issue 19489[27].

     • diameter.3GPP-* display filters not working after upgrade to
       version 4.2.0. Issue 19493[28].

     • GigE-vision: Control Protocol shows \"unknown\" as value for
       ASCII character set. Issue 19494[29].

     • The HTTP/3 Request Header URI is not correct. Issue 19497[30].

     • QUIC/TLS not extracting \"h3\" from ALPN in a capture. Issue
       19503[31].

     • Documentation on system requirements should be updated. Issue
       19512[32].

     • 4.2.0: init.lua in subdirectories not loaded anymore. Issue
       19516[33].

     • Malformed SIP/SDP messages: components are not decoded properly.
       Issue 19518[34].

     • heuristic_protos do not reset on profile swap. Issue 19520[35].

     • Wireshark 4.2 crashes on Apply As Column. Issue 19521[36].

     • NFLOG timestamp is incorrect. Issue 19525[37].

     • Qt6 Crash (Double Free) When Attempting to Save TCP Stream Graph.
       Issue 19529[38].

     • Fixed parsing display filter expressions containing literal OID
       values, e.g. `snmp.name == 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0`.

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new or updated features in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

  New and Updated Capture File Support

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

   pcapng: the if_tsoffset option is now supported.

 Prior Versions

  This document only describes the changes introduced in Wireshark
  4.2.1. You can find release notes for prior versions at the following
  locations:

    • Wireshark 4.2.0[39]

 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[40] 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 "Help › About
  Wireshark › Folders" or `tshark -G folders` to find the default
  locations on your system.

 Getting Help

  The User’s Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be
  found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/

  Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[41] 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[42].

  Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker[43].

  You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wireshark’s developers at
  SharkFest[44].

 How You Can Help

  The Wireshark Foundation helps as many people as possible understand
  their networks as much as possible. You can find out more and donate
  at wiresharkfoundation.org[45].

 Frequently Asked Questions

  A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[46].

 References

   1. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
   2. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-01
   3. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19496
   4. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0208
   5. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-02
   6. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19501
   7. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0209
   8. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-03
   9. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19502
  10. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0207
  11. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-04
  12. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19504
  13. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0210
  14. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-05
  15. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19557
  16. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0211
  17. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/12918
  18. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13720
  19. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19490
  20. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14549
  21. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16693
  22. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18464
  23. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19133
  24. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19475
  25. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19480
  26. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19485
  27. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19489
  28. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19493
  29. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19494
  30. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19497
  31. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19503
  32. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19512
  33. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19516
  34. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19518
  35. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19520
  36. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19521
  37. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19525
  38. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19529
  39. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html
  40. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
  41. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  42. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  43. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
  44. https://sharkfest.wireshark.org
  45. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
  46. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
