wireshark - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: wireshark (main)
version: 4.6.0-1
maintainer: Balint Reczey (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.6.0.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.4.10-0+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 3.4.16-0+deb11u1
oldstable: 4.0.17-0+deb12u1
old-sec: 4.0.11-1~deb12u1
stable: 4.4.7-1
testing: 4.4.9-1
unstable: 4.6.0-1

versioned links

3.4.10-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.4.16-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.0.6-1~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.0.11-1~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.0.17-0+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.4.7-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.4.9-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.6.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libwireshark-data (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libwireshark-dev
libwireshark19
libwiretap-dev
libwiretap16
libwsutil-dev
libwsutil17
stratoshark (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
tshark (8 bugs: 0, 3, 5, 0)
wireshark (32 bugs: 0, 11, 21, 0)
wireshark-common (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
wireshark-dev
wireshark-doc

action needed

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 5-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2025-10-19 Last update: 2025-10-25 11:00

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-06-29 Last update: 2025-10-25 10:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that wireshark depends on which need a new maintainer are:

esnacc (#1004270)
- Depends: esnacc
speexdsp (#1093634)
- Depends: libspeexdsp1 libspeexdsp1
- Build-Depends: libspeexdsp-dev
docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xml
docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2022-01-20 Last update: 2025-10-25 08:01

4 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 05c417c423272cac96d60a08d73e66b460078491
Author: Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
Date:   Tue Oct 14 21:01:20 2025 +0200

    stratoshark: Suggest falcosecurity-scap-dkms
    
    falcosecurity-scap-dkms provides /dev/scap0 for capturing local system calls.
    
    Closes: #1118073

commit b5dbccf945cb780bd4113b2a55142beecf4efa63
Author: Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 14 20:49:00 2025 +0200

    Ship man page of stratoshark
    
    Closes: #1118071

commit d809466d3b35bf1ecb3f4c168adfa6434e5c31af
Author: Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
Date:   Mon Oct 13 16:47:47 2025 +0200

    debian/rules: Stop supporting focal as a backport target

commit a0a108e8fa2c8d8466c086c8810e89049bccedc1
Author: Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
Date:   Mon Oct 13 16:15:41 2025 +0200

    debian/rules: Fix backporting to relases without stratoshark build dependencies

Created: 2025-09-21 Last update: 2025-10-21 23:31

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-10-14 Last update: 2025-10-14 09:33

AppStream hints: 3 warnings for stratoshark,wireshark normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

stratoshark: 3 warnings

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2025-10-14 Last update: 2025-10-14 09:01

1 open merge request in Salsa normal

There is 1 open merge request for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-08-19 06:28

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2025-10-16 20:31

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 4.6.0-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-10-14 09:34

2 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 2 open security issues in bookworm.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-5601: (needs triaging) Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
CVE-2024-11596: (needs triaging) ECMP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2024-11-21 Last update: 2025-10-14 06:31

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.0.1).

Created: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2025-10-14 04:32

testing migrations

This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as auto-wireshark. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
excuses:
- Migration status for wireshark (4.4.9-1 to 4.6.0-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for termshark/2.4.0-2: riscv64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for wireshark/4.6.0-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/w/wireshark.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ 11 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

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[2025-10-13] Accepted wireshark 4.6.0-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-10-10] Accepted wireshark 4.6.0-0exp1 (source) into experimental (Balint Reczey)
[2025-09-27] Accepted wireshark 4.6.0~rc1-0exp2 (source all amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Balint Reczey)
[2025-09-21] Accepted wireshark 4.6.0~rc1-0exp1 (source all amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Balint Reczey)
[2025-09-03] wireshark 4.4.9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-31] Accepted wireshark 4.4.9-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-07-17] Accepted wireshark 4.4.8-0exp1 (source) into experimental (Balint Reczey)
[2025-06-16] wireshark 4.4.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-10] Accepted wireshark 4.4.7-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-06-05] Accepted wireshark 4.4.7-0exp1 (source) into experimental (Balint Reczey)
[2025-04-29] wireshark 4.4.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-17] Accepted wireshark 4.4.6-2 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-04-17] Accepted wireshark 4.4.6-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-02-28] wireshark 4.4.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-25] Accepted wireshark 4.4.5-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-02-24] wireshark 4.4.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-20] Accepted wireshark 4.4.4-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2025-01-12] wireshark 4.4.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-09] Accepted wireshark 4.4.3-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2024-11-24] wireshark 4.4.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-21] Accepted wireshark 4.4.2-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2024-10-27] Accepted wireshark 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2024-10-10] Accepted wireshark 4.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2024-09-29] Accepted wireshark 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Adrian Bunk)
[2024-09-11] wireshark 4.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-06] Accepted wireshark 4.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)
[2024-09-04] Accepted wireshark 4.4.0-0exp2 (source) into experimental (Balint Reczey)
[2024-09-01] Accepted wireshark 4.4.0-0exp1 (source all amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Balint Reczey)
[2024-07-20] wireshark 4.2.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-12] Accepted wireshark 4.2.6-1 (source) into unstable (Balint Reczey)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 48
RC: 0
I&N: 18
M&W: 29
F&P: 1
patch: 2

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