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= Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
// Asciidoctor Syntax Quick Reference:
// https://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-syntax-quick-reference/

== 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

The Windows installers now ship with Npcap 1.31.
They previously shipped with Npcap 1.10.

// The Windows installers now ship with USBPcap 1.5.X.0.
// They previously shipped with USBPcap 1.5.4.0.

The Windows installers now ship with Qt 5.15.2.
They previously shipped with Qt 5.12.1.

=== Bug Fixes

// The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

* wssalink:2021-04[]
DVB-S2-BB dissector infinite loop
// wsbuglink:xxxx[].
// cveidlink:2021-xxxx[].
// Fixed in master: 0137c24d60
// Fixed in release-3.4: 0d8be1fb79
// Fixed in master-3.2: n/a
// CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

The following bugs have been fixed:

//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark exposed details your sordid redneck past, which were subsequently widely disseminated on social media.
// cp /dev/null /tmp/buglist.txt ; for bugnumber in `git log v3.4.4rc0.. | gsed -e 's/\(close\|fix\|resolv\)[^ ]* #/\nclose #/gI' | grep ^close | sed -e 's/close.*#\([1-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/' | sort -V -u` ; do "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/tools/gen-bugnote" $bugnumber; pbpaste >> /tmp/buglist.txt; done

* Macro filters can't handle escaped characters wsbuglink:17160[].

* Display filter crashes Wireshark wsbuglink:17316[].

* IEEE-1588 Signalling Unicast TLV incorrectly reported as being malformed wsbuglink:17355[].

* IETF QUIC TLS decryption error with extraneous packets during the handshake wsbuglink:17383[].

* Statistics -> Resolved Addresses: multi-protocol (TCP/UDP/...) ports not displayed wsbuglink:17395[].

=== New and Updated Features

// === Removed Features and Support

//=== Removed Dissectors

// === New File Format Decoding Support

// [commaize]
// --
// --

=== New Protocol Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

=== Updated Protocol Support

// Add one protocol per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
--
DNP
DVB-S2-BB
ProtoBuf
PTP
QUIC
RANAP
TACACS
--

=== New and Updated Capture File Support

// There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.
// Add one file type per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
--
Ascend
ERF
K12
NetScaler
pcapng
--

// === New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

//_Non-empty section placeholder._

// === Major API Changes

== 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
https://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.

== 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
https://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
https://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].

Issues and feature requests can be reported on
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues[the issue tracker].

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

== Frequently Asked Questions

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