wireshark 4.4.16 update #12

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sbelikov merged 1 commit from update-wireshark-4.4.16 into niceos-5.2

2026-05-24 18:18:42 +03:00

sbelikov commented

2026-05-24 18:03:02 +03:00

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No explicit ABI/API/CLI breaking changes were identified in the provided upstream evidence, but wireshark is network-facing and parser-heavy, so NiceOS should keep this as a manual-review update until it passes a clean rebuild and smoke tests.

Suggested validation:

clean SRPM/RPM rebuild in the NiceOS buildroot
run %check if enabled
run tshark/dumpcap smoke tests on representative captures
confirm no packaging or dependency changes are required

References:

Upstream Wireshark 4.4.16 is a stable maintenance release on the 4.4 branch. The official news post says one vulnerability was fixed, and the release notes list a security-relevant ROHC NULL write / heap corruption fix plus several crash and dissector fixes. No explicit ABI/API/CLI breaking changes were identified in the provided upstream evidence, but wireshark is network-facing and parser-heavy, so NiceOS should keep this as a manual-review update until it passes a clean rebuild and smoke tests. Suggested validation: - clean SRPM/RPM rebuild in the NiceOS buildroot - run %check if enabled - run tshark/dumpcap smoke tests on representative captures - confirm no packaging or dependency changes are required References: - https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.4.16.html - https://www.wireshark.org/news/20260519.html - https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/tags

sbelikov added 1 commit

2026-05-24 18:03:02 +03:00