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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-26 17:44:25 +0000
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Merging upstream version 4.2.4.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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-Wireshark 4.2.1 Release Notes
+Wireshark 4.2.4 Release Notes
What is Wireshark?
@@ -6,97 +6,20 @@ Wireshark 4.2.1 Release Notes
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
+ promotes protocol analysis education. 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].
+ organization 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].
+ If you are upgrading Wireshark 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 on Windows you will
+ need to download and install[2] Wireshark 4.2.4 or later by hand.
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- • Documented format of temporary file name is out of date in the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.
@@ -109,17 +32,21 @@ Wireshark 4.2.1 Release Notes
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.
+ pcap and pcapng
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
+ 4.2.4. You can find release notes for prior versions at the following
locations:
- • Wireshark 4.2.0[39]
+ • Wireshark 4.2.3[3]
+
+ • Wireshark 4.2.2[4]
+
+ • Wireshark 4.2.1[5]
+
+ • Wireshark 4.2.0[6]
Getting Wireshark
@@ -131,7 +58,7 @@ Wireshark 4.2.1 Release Notes
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.
+ be found on the download page[7] on the Wireshark web site.
File Locations
@@ -146,70 +73,37 @@ Wireshark 4.2.1 Release Notes
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
+ Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[8] 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].
+ for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be found on the web site[9].
- Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker[43].
+ Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker[10].
You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wireshark’s developers at
- SharkFest[44].
+ SharkFest[11].
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].
+ at wiresharkfoundation.org[12].
Frequently Asked Questions
- A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[46].
+ A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[13].
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
+ 2. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
+ 3. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.2.html
+ 4. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.2.html
+ 5. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.1.html
+ 6. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html
+ 7. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
+ 8. https://ask.wireshark.org/
+ 9. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
+ 10. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
+ 11. https://sharkfest.wireshark.org
+ 12. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
+ 13. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html