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Wireshark 3.6.3 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

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed:

  • Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2022-01-19-7399.pcap Issue 17894.

  • TLS dissector incorrectly reports JA3 values Issue 17942.

  • "Wiki Protocol page" in packet details menu is broken - wiki pages not migrated to GitLab? Issue 17944.

  • Dissector bug, protocol PFCP display Flow Description IE value error in Additional Flow Description of PFD Management Request Message Issue 17951.

  • Bluetooth: Fails to open Log file for SCO connection Issue 17964.

  • Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2022-03-07-10896.pcap Issue 17984.

  • libwiretap: Save as ERF causes segmentation fault Issue 17989.

  • HTTP server returning multiple early hints shows too many responses in "Follow HTTP Stream" Issue 18006.

New and Updated Features

New Protocol Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

Updated Protocol Support

CSN.1, HTTP, IEEE 802.11, NTLM SSP, PFCP, PKTLOG, SSDP, TLS, and USB HID

New and Updated Capture File Support

pcap 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 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 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.