Wireshark 2.2.2 Network Protocol Analyzer Brings over 30 Security and Bug Fixes | Linux Today

Wireshark 2.2.2 Network Protocol Analyzer Brings over 30 Security and Bug Fixes

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Marius Nestor
Nov 18, 2016

Wireshark 2.2.2 is here one and a half months after the first point release for the 2.2 series of the applications, bringing over 30 security and bug fixes. First of all, it attempts to fix a bunch of vulnerability and crashes reported by users from version 2.2.1, such as a Profinet I/O long loop problem, crash in OpenFlow, AllJoyn, and DCERPC, as well as a DTN infinite loop issue. Also new in today’s release of Wireshark 2.2.2, we can notice that support for the 6LoWPAN, Kerberos, Skype, AllJoyn, RTPS, AMPQ, ANSI IS-637 A, SMPP, BGP, TCP, CLNP, DCERPC, SNMP, DICOM, ZigBee, DTN, XML, E.212, OpenFlow, EIGRP, ERF, Profinet I/O, SCTP, GVSP, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4, USB Audio, IP, ISO-8583, SPNEGO, L2TP, SDP, LACP, MAC LTE,and SNA protocols has been updated.

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Marius Nestor

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