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
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wnpa-sec-2020-16 Kafka dissector memory leak. Bug 16739. CVE-2020-26418.
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wnpa-sec-2020-17 USB HID dissector crash. Bug 16958. CVE-2020-26421.
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wnpa-sec-2020-18 RTPS dissector memory leak. Bug 16994. CVE-2020-26420.
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wnpa-sec-2020-19 Multiple dissector memory leak. Bug 17032. CVE-2020-26419.
The following bugs have been fixed:
New and Updated Features
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IETF QUIC TLS decryption errors when a NAT rebinding happens for a connection Bug 16915.
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IETF QUIC TLS decryption error with key update Bug 16916.
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IETF QUIC TLS decryption error after the second key update Bug 16920.
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SOME/IP: Wrong dissection of parameters after Array Bug 16951.
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Can editcap properly corrupt pcapng file with systemd journal export block? Bug 16965.
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Crash when a GIOP ior.txt file is present Bug 16984.
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Protobuf: failed to parse .proto file contains negative enum values or option values of number type Bug 16988.
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MMRP dissector bug Bug 17005.
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QUIC: "Loss bits" capability Bug 17010.
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Stdin capture fails on Windows Bug 17018.
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SSTP no longer recognized Bug 17024.
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RFC2190 encapsulated H.263 bitfields masked wrong in Mode A Bug 17025.
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editcap fails when splitting into multiple pcapng files Bug 17060.
New Protocol Support
There are no new protocols in this release.
Updated Protocol Support
ACDR, DOCSIS, Ericsson HDLC, F5 Ethernet Trailer, GIOP, GSM A, GSM RLC MAC, HTTP, IEEE 802.11, Kafka, LLC, MBIM, MMRP, NAS 5GS, NAS EPS, Nordic BLE, ProtoBuf, QUIC, Radiotap, RFC 2190, RTCP, RTPS, S1AP, SOME/IP, STUN, and USB Video
New and Updated Capture File Support
pcapng
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 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 Wireshark’sQ&A site 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.
Issues and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker.
Frequently Asked Questions
A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.