Log4Shell workarounds
Procedure for IPLink for Adobe on Windows
- Open Windows Explorer and go to folder "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\”
- Run cmd file : killiplinkservicecore.cmd
- Create a new bat file , edit it and add the two following line
- copy "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar" "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar.bak"
- "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
- Save the bat file and run it in administrator mode (right-click “Run as administrator”)
- It uses 7-zip which is installed by default on all EVS machines
- Go to "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\” and run startIpLinkServiceCore.cmd
Procedure for IPLink for Avid
- On the station where the IPLinkCoreService is installed
- Open Windows Explorer and go to folder "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\”
- Run cmd file : killiplinkservicecore.cmd
- Create a new bat file , edit it and add the two following line
- copy "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar" "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\IpLinkServiceCore.jar.bak"
- "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
- Save the bat file and run it in administrator mode (right-click “Run as administrator”)
- It uses 7-zip which is installed by default on all EVS machines
- Go to "c:\Program Files (x86)\EVS Broadcast Equipment\IPLink\lib\” and run startIpLinkServiceCore.cmd
Additional security measure for IPDirector
- Go to the search bar and type “services”. Open the services Management console and search for the service “Ealsticsearch”.
- Right-click and stop the service.
- Create a new .bat file and add the following two lines:
- 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"
- 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
- Save the bat file and run it in administrator mode (right-click “Run as administrator”)
- It uses 7-zip which is installed by default on all EVS machines. If not, please install it.
- Go to the search bar and type “services”. Open the services Management console and search for the service “Ealsticsearch”.
- Right-click and start the service.