Wireshark 3.6.19 Release Notes
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
This is the last release branch with support for 32-bit Windows. Updates will no longer be available after May 22, 2024 for that platform. Issue 17779
If you’re running Wireshark on macOS and upgraded to macOS 13 from an earlier version, you might have to open and run the “Uninstall ChmodBPF” package, then open and run “Install ChmodBPF” in order to reset the ChmodBPF Launch Daemon. Issue 18734.
Bug Fixes
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wnpa-sec-2023-29 NetScreen file parser crash. Issue 19404.
The following bugs have been fixed:
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First ZigBee APS packet is not decrypted Issue 16507.
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Problem with decoding OpenFlow actions in OFPT_FLOW_MOD message Issue 17072.
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The "frames" method in sharkd does not consider time references and displays incorrect delta time Issue 17923.
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Wireshark interprets If_fcslen option in the Interface Description Block as byte instead of bit. Issue 19174.
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Flathub’s Wireshark page shows wrong version number Issue 19382.
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OSPFv3 RI decode error Issue 19444.
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GSM SIM READ / UPDATE BINARY command has wrong offset Issue 19472.
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
DHCP, GSM SIM, ISO 15765, OpenFlow v1, and OSPF
New and Updated Capture File Support
NetScreen and pcapng
New File Format Decoding Support
There is no new or updated file format support in this release.
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 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 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.
Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.