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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.

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

== What’s New

=== Bug Fixes

If you are upgrading Wireshark 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 on Windows you will need to https://www.wireshark.org/download.html[download and install] Wireshark {wireshark-version} or later by hand.

A regression in the TCP Stream Graph "Time Sequence (tcptrace)" receive window line behavior introduced in 4.2.5 and 4.0.15 has been fixed. wsbuglink:19846[]

The following vulnerability has been fixed:

* wssalink:2024-10[]
SPRT dissector crash.
wsbuglink:19559[].
// cveidlink:2024-xxx[].
// Fixed in master: 8e5f8de883
// Fixed in release-4.2: cef77b8fed
// Fixed in release-4.0: cc67f836c0
// CVSS AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
// CWE-824
// * SPRT parser crash. wsbuglink:19559[].

The following bugs have been fixed:

//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark grabs your ID at 3 am, goes to Waffle House, and insults people.

* RADIUS dissector's dictionary loading broken in many ways. wsbuglink:6466[].
* 3.4 -> 3.6.5 ASCII display is broken on CentOS 7. wsbuglink:18096[].
* Funnel/Lua: Closing child window disconnects buttons of parent. wsbuglink:18386[].
* Lua detection fails with Alpine Linux: missing: LUA_LIBRARIES. wsbuglink:19841[].
* vnd.3gpp.5gnas payloads of type SMS not decoded inside HTTP2 5GC. wsbuglink:19845[].
* TCP Stream Graphs green sliding window line not displayed correctly. wsbuglink:19846[].
* Wireshark window doesn't fully fit on screen on small resolutions and can't be resized properly on Russian language. wsbuglink:19861[].
* Wireshark started from command line doesn't set gui.fileopen_remembered_dir correctly on Windows. wsbuglink:19891[].
* Wireshark expects wrong length for DHCP Relay Agent Information Source Port Suboption. wsbuglink:19909[].
* SIP P-Access-Network-Info header not correctly decoded. wsbuglink:19917[].

=== New and Updated Features

There are no new or updated features in this release.

// === Removed Features and Support

// === Removed Dissectors


=== New Protocol Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

=== Updated Protocol Support

// Add one protocol per line between the -- delimiters.
// ag -A1 '(define PSNAME|proto_register_protocol[^_])' $(git diff --name-only v4.2.5.. | ag packet- | sort -u)
[commaize]
--
DHCP
E.212
MySQL
NAS-5GS
ProtoBuf
RADIUS
RLC-LTE
PKT CCC
RTP
SIP
SPRT
Thrift
Wi-SUN
--

=== 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]
--
log3gpp
--

=== Updated File Format Decoding Support

There is no updated file format support in this release.
// Add one file type per line between the -- delimiters.
// [commaize]
// --
// --

// === New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

// === New and Updated Codec support

// === Major API Changes

== Prior Versions

This document only describes the changes introduced in Wireshark {wireshark-version}.
You can find release notes for prior versions at the following locations:

* https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.5.html[Wireshark 4.2.5]
* https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.4.html[Wireshark 4.2.4]
* https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.3.html[Wireshark 4.2.3]
* https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.2.html[Wireshark 4.2.2]
* https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.1.html[Wireshark 4.2.1]
* https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html[Wireshark 4.2.0]

== 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[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 menu: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
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].

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

You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wireshark’s developers at
https://sharkfest.wireshark.org[SharkFest].

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

== 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 https://wiresharkfoundation.org[wiresharkfoundation.org].

== Frequently Asked Questions

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