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I'm proud to announce the release of Wireshark 4.2.8.


 What is Wireshark?

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

  Wireshark is hosted by the Wireshark Foundation, a nonprofit which
  promotes protocol analysis education. Wireshark and the foundation
  depend on your contributions in order to do their work. If you or your
  organization would like to contribute or become a sponsor, please
  visit wiresharkfoundation.org[1].

 What’s New

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

     • wnpa-sec-2024-13[2] AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector
       crashes. Issue 20114[3].

   The following bugs have been fixed:

     • html2text.py doesn’t handle the `<sup>` tag. Issue 20020[4].

     • Fuzz job assertion: randpkt-2024-10-05-7200.pcap. Issue 20110[5].

  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

   AppleTalk, DMP, GTP, HTTP, LwM2M-TLV, RELOAD Framing, SSyncP, TCP,
   and Thrift

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   BLF, ERF, and pcap

  Updated File Format Decoding Support

   There is no updated file format support in this release.

 Prior Versions

  This document only describes the changes introduced in Wireshark
  4.2.8. You can find release notes for prior versions at the following
  locations:

    • Wireshark 4.2.7[6]

    • Wireshark 4.2.6[7]

    • Wireshark 4.2.5[8]

    • Wireshark 4.2.4[9]

    • Wireshark 4.2.3[10]

    • Wireshark 4.2.2[11]

    • Wireshark 4.2.1[12]

    • Wireshark 4.2.0[13]

 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[14] 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[15] 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[16].

  Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker[17].

  You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wireshark’s developers at
  SharkFest[18].

 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[19].

 Frequently Asked Questions

  A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[20].

 References

   1. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
   2. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-13
   3. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20114
   4. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20020
   5. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20110
   6. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.7.html
   7. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.6.html
   8. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.5.html
   9. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.4.html
  10. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.3.html
  11. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.2.html
  12. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.1.html
  13. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html
  14. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
  15. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  16. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  17. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
  18. https://sharkfest.wireshark.org
  19. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
  20. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html


Digests

wireshark-4.2.8.tar.xz: 45032832 bytes
SHA256(wireshark-4.2.8.tar.xz)=bd320a15a0457936b22031d83cce85e2d14d90b520408e2b64d53c07d94b1b74
SHA1(wireshark-4.2.8.tar.xz)=712ebb5711f365d42508760218fac2f2c34c7729

Wireshark-4.2.8-x64.exe: 86491808 bytes
SHA256(Wireshark-4.2.8-x64.exe)=e7939c3eb37133376380a99043afb6782ea7eec0747ee534cca7d53e8d4ed789
SHA1(Wireshark-4.2.8-x64.exe)=a5ebb02e21ab251a070a3e2ae95c4bb8e55b3249

Wireshark-4.2.8-arm64.exe: 68063712 bytes
SHA256(Wireshark-4.2.8-arm64.exe)=16d744691a2ab96bb5592f14cadde49c7f15cfe14f45ae3f05d8e38848db9ca2
SHA1(Wireshark-4.2.8-arm64.exe)=a3570702556a0f5a0682a5fbbe787689f22ae86d

Wireshark-4.2.8-x64.msi: 63180800 bytes
SHA256(Wireshark-4.2.8-x64.msi)=ac32494747c2bb1e21bd50818a5a00e0d2e176a1f4d0bb02197df1c4692d803f
SHA1(Wireshark-4.2.8-x64.msi)=c16bf2167732dbecc077ea72065432a1be28a545

WiresharkPortable64_4.2.8.paf.exe: 53685280 bytes
SHA256(WiresharkPortable64_4.2.8.paf.exe)=9381c1e1cdcc6905b0a999b0c564eac6d457076ec003312a01aac25caecc3c91
SHA1(WiresharkPortable64_4.2.8.paf.exe)=45b770ca2ac6779de9f8f1d2a4acf5f335dbefb8

Wireshark 4.2.8 Arm 64.dmg: 65597846 bytes
SHA256(Wireshark 4.2.8 Arm 64.dmg)=edb85a42b29dd10bf83b17af92c72829c12bcf75ed576d1aaed0c232fa9c7d41
SHA1(Wireshark 4.2.8 Arm 64.dmg)=7d17e15ecd384750c4c1560a27a7aabaa78411d0

Wireshark 4.2.8 Intel 64.dmg: 69373277 bytes
SHA256(Wireshark 4.2.8 Intel 64.dmg)=0a1bab7e7761d23ba6d2ee0b52dc3bb6fc656be1d145b0463e34098f101a1f1c
SHA1(Wireshark 4.2.8 Intel 64.dmg)=416e62f8153c675ba152b5a07a89c73120919099

You can validate these hashes using the following commands (among others):

    Windows: certutil -hashfile Wireshark-win64-x.y.z.exe SHA256
    Linux (GNU Coreutils): sha256sum wireshark-x.y.z.tar.xz
    macOS: shasum -a 256 "Wireshark x.y.z Arm 64.dmg"
    Other: openssl sha256 wireshark-x.y.z.tar.xz