Bolster Your Network Analysis with Wireshark 4.2.5 Update
Wireshark, the world’s leading network protocol analyzer, widely used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education, has launched its version 4.2.5. Distributed by the non-profit Wireshark Foundation, which promotes protocol analysis education, this new release focuses on enhancing security and stability.
The version 4.2.5 update addresses several security vulnerabilities and resolves an issue affecting the update process on Windows versions of Wireshark. Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version to benefit from improved stability and security. Despite Wireshark's professional complexity and potentially steep learning curve, it remains an invaluable tool for packet analysis. For more casual or occasional packet analysis needs, users might consider alternatives like Fiddler.
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Updated File Format Decoding Support:
Includes BLF and pcapng.
Fixed Security Vulnerabilities:
CVE-2024-4854: Fixes a potential infinite loop in the MONGO and ZigBee TLV parsers.
CVE-2024-4583: Addresses a crash in the editcap command-line tool when trimming bytes from the start of packets.
CVE-2024-4855: Resolves a crash in editcap when writing to multiple files and injecting secrets.
Other Notable Fixes:
Corrected the scrolling direction in the sequence diagram.
Resolved issues with TCP stream window scaling not working in versions 2.6.1 and later.
Improved TCP sequence graphs (window scaling) axis clarity.
Fixed an issue in 32-bit versions where LUA get_dissector failed to retrieve the correct dissector.
Addressed segmentation faults occurring when registering fields or expert info twice in Lua.
Solved decryption issues with SSH when KEX is [email protected].
Fixed various crashes related to Lua DissectorTable.heuristic_new() and handling of HTTP2 User-Agent headers.
Addressed decoding issues with 5GC-N7 HTTP payloads and incorrect string copying.
Corrected the interpretation of Tx HE-MCS values and fixed packet reordering issues in pcapng files.
Resolved EPB length errors in pcapng files with existing epb_hash options and added missing options in the "Export Specified Packets" dialog on Windows.
Improved decoding of NAS 5G message containers and various protocol supports.
Updated Protocol Support:
Includes updates to 5co_legacy, 5co_rap, BT Mesh, CQL, and many more, enhancing Wireshark’s comprehensive analysis capabilities.