Wireshark 2.6.20 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 final release of the Wireshark 2.6 branch. It will reach
  its official end of life on October 18, 2020. If you are still using
  Wireshark 2.6 you are encouraged to upgrade to Wireshark 3.2.

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

     • wnpa-sec-2020-11[1] MIME Multipart dissector crash. Bug 16741[2].
       Fixed in master: 2411eae9ed Fixed in master-3.2: 21f082cb6e Fixed
       in master-3.0: 14e274f3be Fixed in master-2.6: 5803c7b87b

     • wnpa-sec-2020-12[3] TCP dissector crash. Bug 16816[4]. Fixed in
       master: c4634b1e99 Fixed in master-3.2: e9b727595b Fixed in
       master-3.0: 7f3fe6164a Fixed in master-2.6: 9d7ab8b46f

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     • Buildbot crash output: randpkt-2019-04-01-28345.pcap Bug
       15661[5].

     • Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2020-07-28-5905.pcap Bug 16741[6].

     • S1-U data forwarding info and S103 PDN data forwarding info IE’s
       showing improper value Bug 16777[7].

     • Wireshark fails to detect libssh >= 0.9.5 Bug 16845[8].

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new features in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

   AARP, BSSMAP, GSM A RR, GTPv2, MIME Multipart, NCP, Q.933, S1AP, TCP,
   and X2AP

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.

  New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

   There is no new or updated capture file 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[9] 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.

 Known Problems

  The BER dissector might infinitely loop. Bug 1516[10].

  Capture filters aren’t applied when capturing from named pipes. Bug
  1814[11].

  Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works. Bug
  2234[12].

  Application crash when changing real-time option. Bug 4035[13].

  Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
  Bug 4985[14].

  Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. Bug
  10488[15].

 Getting Help

  Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[16] 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[17].

 Frequently Asked Questions

  A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[18].

  Last updated 2020-09-23 18:00:18 UTC

 References

   1. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-11
   2. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16741
   3. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-12
   4. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16816
   5. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/15661
   6. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16741
   7. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16777
   8. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16845
   9. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
  10. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/1516
  11. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/1814
  12. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/2234
  13. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/4035
  14. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/4985
  15. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/10488
  16. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  17. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  18. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
