14 DAY TRIAL // Today, December 15, 2016, the development team behind the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer, Wireshark, announced the general availability of a new maintenance update in the stable 2.2 series of the software.
That's right, we're talking about Wireshark 2.2.3, the third point release for Wireshark 2.2, which lands approximately one month after the previous maintenance version, and as expected, it addresses a bunch of bugs and annoyances that have been reported by users since Wireshark 2.2.2.
According to the release notes, which we've also attached at the end of the article for your reading pleasure, a total of 19 issues were addressed in Wireshark 2.2.3, some of which improve the stability, reliability, and security of the application across all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Windows vulnerability patched in Wireshark 2.2.3
A single vulnerability was patched in Wireshark 2.2.3, namely an issue with arbitrary file deletion on Microsoft Windows platforms. It also looks like some of the supported protocols have been updated, including VXLAN, ICMP, Radiotap, RPC over RDMA, TCP, SMB, RLC, BTLE, UFTP4, BGP, RTCP, DOF, GTP, DICOM, BOOTP/DHCP, and Echo.
We recommend studying the full changelog below if you're curious to know what exactly was changed in Wireshark 2.2.3, and in the meantime, you should download the binaries or source packages for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows systems from our website and update at your earliest convenience.
If you're unfamiliar with Wireshark, it's a cross-platform, open-source, and free network protocol analyzer that can be used by security researchers and network administrators for analysis, troubleshooting, development, and even education purposes. For more details, don't hesitate to check out the project's homepage, and don't forget to update your installation as soon as possible.