Publication Date |
Title |
Summary |
Relevant Product(s) |
Subject |
System Impact |
Severity |
Jan 19, 2022 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/826-01-14-2022-technical-bulletin-pathfinder-p2p-service-changes/ |
The Push Notification feature of DW Mobile Plus (iOS/Android) no longer works after updating NVR/DVR firmware for PathFinder 2.0 service update |
VMAX® A1 Plus™ Series, VMAX® IP Plus™ Series, DW Mobile Plus (iOS & Android) |
VMAX IP Plus & VMAX A1 Plus PathFinder 2.0 firmware update interrupts Push Notifications for DW Mobile Plus |
Recording management is unaffected, push notification fails |
Low |
Dec 15, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/822-12-15-2021-technical-bulletin-log4j-software-vulnerability-statement/ |
Apache Software Foundation's discovery of the Log4Shell software vulnerability with Log4j scripting framework does not affect DW product security; DW Products use JavaScript (.JS) programming, which is NOT affected by this news. |
DW Spectrum® IPVMS, Blackjack® Series, VMAX® A1 Plus™ Series, VMAX® IP Plus™ Series, MEGApix® IP Cameras, Compressor™ encoder Series |
CVE-2021-44228 notice of the Log4j zero-day exploit does not affect DW products |
No effect on DW Products; no fix/changes necessary.
|
Unaffected |
Dec 13, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/821-12-13-2021-technical-bulletin-log4j-java-framework-exploit-concerns/ |
Apache Software Foundation's discovery of the Log4Shell software vulnerability with Log4j scripting framework does not affect DW product security; DW Products use JavaScript (.JS) programming, which is NOT affected by this news. |
DW Spectrum® IPVMS |
DW Spectrum IPVMS uses JavaScript (JS) format and is unaffected by the Log4j exploit |
No effect on DW Products; no fix/changes necessary. |
Unaffected |
Nov 09, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/804-known-issue-digital-watchdog-vmax-a1-plus-rebooting/ |
DVR watchdog timer function experiences false-positive fault detection, locking DVR in a reboot cycle |
VMAX® A1 Plus Series (DW-VA1P4xT, DW-VA1P8xT, DW-VA1P16xT) |
System watchdog timer causes constant auto-reboot cycle; Pathfinder (P2P) issues |
Critical impact; firmware patch available. |
Severe |
May 28, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/731-known-issue-dw-spectrum-software-crashes-due-to-libeay32-dll-on-windows/ |
DW Spectrum crashes immediately after launching due to outdated OpenSSL file "libeay32.dll". |
DW Spectrum IPVMS |
Updating OpenSSL file |
Critical impact; fix available. |
Severe |
May 27, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/728-known-issue-pre-alarm-clips-do-not-display-in-email-notifications-dw-spectrum/ |
Pre-alarm video clips do not display images properly when sent over SMTP. |
DW Spectrum® IPVMS |
Enabling plain-text for SMTP notification videos |
Operation is unaffected, email notification video fails; fix available. |
Low |
Apr 27, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/715-known-issue-bios-recovery-issue-for-dw-blackjack-e-rack-x9sae1/ |
SuperMicro X9 motherboards with E3v1/v2 CPUs no longer allow system administrators to access BIOS |
Blackjack E-Rack™ Series (DW-BJER2U, DW-BJER3U, DW-BJER4U) |
BIOS error code |
Operation is interrupted; fix available. |
Low |
Feb 09, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/637-known-issue-nas-storage-becomes-unavailable-and-shows-as-invalid-storage-windows-os/ |
When both the DW Spectrum Server and the Samba NAS have the same workgroup name, the NAS device will show as invalid storage for DW Spectrum. |
DW Spectrum® IPVMS, Blackjack® NAS Series |
NAS invalid storage |
Archive storage is affected; fix available. |
Low |
Feb 02, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/628-third-party-cameras-go-offline-after-dw-spectrum-update-v4-1/ |
DW Spectrum experiences video loss with third-party cameras due to differing ONVIF API between the server and camera. |
DW Spectrum IPVMS |
Third-Party cameras fail to obtain onvif/media2 packets properly |
Operation is interrupted; fix and software patch available. |
Low |
Jan 11, 2021 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/620-known-issue-vmax-legacy-dvr-date-issue/ |
At the start of January 1st, 2021, the internal settings of legacy VMAX units inaccurately displayed "2020" as the year. |
DW-VMAX, DW-VF, DW-VF960H, DW-VC, DW-VMAX960H, DW-VMAX480 |
System time inaccuracy |
Time records affected; outdated/discontinued product. |
Low |
Oct 01, 2019 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/202-known-issue-windows-will-not-allow-me-to-run-or-install-dw-spectrum/ |
Using DW Spectrum on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 systems results in a security certificate error. |
DW Spectrum® IPVMS v3.2 |
Outdated security certificate results in error message on Win10 and WinServer2016 |
Critical impact; software update available. |
Severe |
Aug 24, 2019 |
https://support.digital-watchdog.com/kb/article/153-known-issue-windows-7-boot-issue/ |
DW Blackjack servers with embedded Win7 OS does not boot after Windows Monthly Rollup Update KB4512506 (August 2019). |
Blackjack® servers with Windows OS |
Windows KB4512506 causes OS boot issues for Win7 embedded DW Blackjack units |
Critical impact; fix available. |
Moderate |