14 DAY TRIAL // A new maintenance update for the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer, Wireshark, an open-source and cross-platform software used for network troubleshooting, development, and analysis, has arrived today, November 17, 2016.
Wireshark 2.2.2 is here one and a half months after the first point release for the 2.2 series of the application, bringing over 30 security and bug fixes. First of all, it attempts to fix a bunch of vulnerabilities and crashes reported by users in version 2.2.1, such as a Profinet I/O long loop problem, a crash in OpenFlow, AllJoyn, and DCERPC, as well as a DTN infinite loop issue.
Attached at the end of the article is a list of all the bug fixes that landed in the Wireshark 2.2.2 update for the tech-savvy reader. They should improve the overall stability and reliability of the application on all supported platforms, and it also repairs the Windows PortableApps packages, which were susceptible to a DLL hijacking flaw. More details should be found in the official release notes as well.
Protocol support updated in Wireshark 2.2.2
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.
Wireshark 2.2.2 is a recommended update for all users. You can download the binary and source packages for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems right now from our website or directly from the official homepage of the project, where you'll find all the documentation you need to get started with Wireshark and improve the performance of your network.