Log4Shell workarounds

Procedure for IPLink for Adobe on Windows

  1. Open Windows Explorer and go to folder "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\”
  2. Run cmd file : killiplinkservicecore.cmd
  3. Create a new bat file , edit it and add the two following line
    1. copy "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar" "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar.bak"
    2. "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" d "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar" org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/JndiLookup.class
  4. Save the bat file and run it in administrator mode (right-click “Run as administrator”) 
    1. It uses 7-zip which is installed by default on all EVS machines
  5. Go to "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\” and run startIpLinkServiceCore.cmd

 

Procedure for IPLink for Avid

  1. On the station where the IPLinkCoreService is installed
  2. Open Windows Explorer and go to folder "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\”
  3. Run cmd file : killiplinkservicecore.cmd
  4. Create a new bat file , edit it and add the two following line
    1. copy "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar" "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar.bak"
    2. "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" d "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar" org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/JndiLookup.clas
  5. Save the bat file and run it in administrator mode (right-click “Run as administrator”)
    1. It uses 7-zip which is installed by default on all EVS machines
  6. Go to "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\” and run startIpLinkServiceCore.cmd

 

Additional security measure for IPDirector
  1. Go to the search bar and type “services”. Open the services Management console and search for the service “Ealsticsearch”.
  2. Right-click and stop the service.
  3. Create a new .bat file and add the following two lines:
    1. Copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IP-Director-IS\ElasticSearch\lib\log4j-core-2.11.1.jar" "C:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IP-Director-IS\ElasticSearch\lib\log4j-core-2.11.1.jar.bak"
    2. C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" d " C:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IP-Director-IS\ElasticSearch\lib\log4j-core-2.11.1.jar " org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/JndiLookup.clas
  4. Save the bat file and run it in administrator mode (right-click “Run as administrator”)
    1. It uses 7-zip which is installed by default on all EVS machines. If not, please install it.
  5. Go to the search bar and type “services”. Open the services Management console and search for the service “Ealsticsearch”.
  6. Right-click and start the service.