Wireshark 2.4.4 released. Here’s how to install Wireshark network analyzer 2.4.4 in Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu Derivatives. Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
There are no new features in this release nor there are no new protocols in this release. It comes with an updated protocol support for Bluetooth, BSSAP, BT ATT, BT HCI, BT SMP, MIP, NTP, SCTP, SOCKS, UDS, and WCP.
Wireshark 2.4.4 Bug Fixes
- Some keyboard shortcut mix-up has been resolved by assigning new shortcuts to Edit → Copy methods.
- Remote interfaces are not saved. (Bug 8557)
- Additional grouping in Expert Information dialog. (Bug 11753)
- First start with non-empty extcap folder after install or reboot hangs at “initializing tap listeners”. (Bug 12845)
- Can’t hide expert categories in Expert Information. (Bug 13831)
- Expert info dialog should have “Collapse All”/”Expand All” options. (Bug 13842)
- SIP Statistics extract does not work. (Bug 13942)
- Service Response Time – SCSI dialog crashes. (Bug 14144)
- Wireshark & Tshark 2.4.2 core dumps with segmentation fault. (Bug 14194)
- SSH remote capture promiscuous mode. (Bug 14237)
- SOCKS pseudo header displays incorrect Version value. (Bug 14262)
- Only first variable of list is dissected in NTP Control request message. (Bug 14268)
- NTP Authenticator field dissection fails if padding is used. (Bug 14269)
- BSSAP packet dissector issue – BSSAP_UPLINK_TUNNEL_REQUEST message. (Bug 14289)
- “[Malformed Packet]” for Mobile IP (MIP) protocol. (Bug 14292)
- There is a potential buffer underflow in File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c file. (Bug 14295)
- Saving a temporary capture file may not result in the temporary file being removed. (Bug 14298)
Install Wireshark 2.4.4 on Ubuntu
Run the following commands to install Wireshark network analyzer 2.4.4 in Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu Derivatives:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wireshark