Wireshark 2.2.8 Release Notes
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What is Wireshark?

   Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
   used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
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What's New

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
     * [1]wnpa-sec-2017-13
       WBMXL dissector infinite loop ([2]Bug 13477, [3]Bug 13796)
       [4]CVE-2017-7702, cve-idlink:CVE-2017-11410[] Note: This is an
       update for a fix in Wireshark 2.2.6 and 2.0.12.

     * [5]wnpa-sec-2017-28
       openSAFETY dissector memory exhaustion ([6]Bug 13649, [7]Bug 13755)
       [8]CVE-2017-9350, [9]CVE-2017-11411 Note: This is an update for a
       fix in Wireshark 2.2.7.

     * [10]wnpa-sec-2017-34
       AMQP dissector crash. ([11]Bug 13780) [12]CVE-2017-11408
     * [13]wnpa-sec-2017-35
       MQ dissector crash. ([14]Bug 13792) [15]CVE-2017-11407
     * [16]wnpa-sec-2017-36
       DOCSIS infinite loop. ([17]Bug 13797) [18]CVE-2017-11406

   The following bugs have been fixed:
     * Y.1711 dissector reverses defect type order. ([19]Bug 8292)
     * Packet list keeps scrolling back to selected packet while names are
       being resolved. ([20]Bug 12074)
     * [REGRESSION] Export Objects do not show files from a SMB2 capture.
       ([21]Bug 13214)
     * LTE RRC: lte-rrc.q_RxLevMin filter fails on negative values.
       ([22]Bug 13481)
     * Hexpane showing in proportional font again. ([23]Bug 13638)
     * Regression in SCCP fragments handling. ([24]Bug 13651)
     * TCAP SRT incorrectly matches TC_BEGINs and TC_ENDs. ([25]Bug 13739)
     * Dissector for WSMP (IEEE 1609.3) not current. ([26]Bug 13766)
     * RANAP: possible issue in the heuristic code. ([27]Bug 13770)
     * [oss-fuzz] UBSAN: shift exponent 35 is too large for 32-bit type
       int in packet-btrfcomm.c:314:37. ([28]Bug 13783)
     * RANAP: false positives on heuristic algorithm. ([29]Bug 13791)
     * Automatic name resolution not saved to PCAP-NG NRB. ([30]Bug 13798)
     * DAAP dissector dissect_daap_one_tag recursion stack exhausted.
       ([31]Bug 13799)
     * Malformed DCERPC PNIO packet decode, exception handler invalid
       poionter reference. ([32]Bug 13811)
     * It seems SPVID was decoded from wrong field. ([33]Bug 13821)
     * README.dissectors: Add notes about predefined string structures not
       available to plugin authors. ([34]Bug 13828)
     * Statistics->Packet Lengths doesn't display details for 5120 or
       greater. ([35]Bug 13844)
     * cmake/modules/FindZLIB.cmake doesn't find inflatePrime. ([36]Bug
       13850)
     * BGP: incorrect decoding COMMUNITIES whose length is larger than
       255. ([37]Bug 13872)

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new features in this release.

  New File Format Decoding Support

   There are no new file formats in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

   AMQP, BGP, BSSMAP, BT RFCOMM, DAAP, DOCSIS, E.212, FDDI, GSM A GM, GSM
   BSSMAP, IEEE 802.11, IP, ISIS LSP, LTE RRC, MQ, OpenSafety, OSPF,
   PROFINET IO, RANAP, SCCP, SGSAP, SMB2, TCAP, TCP, UMTS FP, UMTS RLC,
   WBXML, WSMP, and Y.1711

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   pcap pcap-ng

  New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

   There are no new or updated capture interfaces supported in this
   release.

  Major API Changes

   There are no major API changes in this release.
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Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
   [38]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 [39]download page on the Wireshark web site.
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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.
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Known Problems

   Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. ([40]Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([41]Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
   ([42]Bug 1814)

   Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
   ([43]Bug 2234)

   Application crash when changing real-time option. ([44]Bug 4035)

   Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
   ([45]Bug 4985)

   Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. ([46]Bug
   10488)

   Dell Backup and Recovery (DBAR) makes many Windows applications crash,
   including Wireshark. ([47]Bug 12036)
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Getting Help

   Community support is available on [48]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 [49]the web site.

   Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
   [50]Wireshark University.
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Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the [51]Wireshark web site.
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   Last updated 2017-07-18 16:43:22 UTC

References

   1. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-13.html
   2. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13477
   3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13796
   4. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7702
   5. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-28.html
   6. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13649
   7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13755
   8. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9350
   9. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11411
  10. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-34.html
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13780
  12. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11408
  13. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-35.html
  14. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13792
  15. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11407
  16. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-36.html
  17. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13797
  18. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11406
  19. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8292
  20. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12074
  21. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13214
  22. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13481
  23. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13638
  24. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13651
  25. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13739
  26. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13766
  27. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13770
  28. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13783
  29. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13791
  30. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13798
  31. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13799
  32. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13811
  33. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13821
  34. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13828
  35. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13844
  36. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13850
  37. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13872
  38. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
  39. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
  40. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
  41. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
  42. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814
  43. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
  44. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
  45. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  46. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10488
  47. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12036
  48. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  49. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  50. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
  51. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html