--- /dev/null
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+r7418 | gandalf | 2013-08-13 13:32:49 -0600 (Tue, 13 Aug 2013) | 1 line
+
+fix COMMENT handling, even in case COMMENT is empty, with or without HR and with variable substitution
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Index: branches/0.8.8/lib/rrd.php
+===================================================================
+--- branches/0.8.8/lib/rrd.php (revision 7417)
++++ branches/0.8.8/lib/rrd.php (revision 7418)
+@@ -1343,20 +1343,20 @@
+ $need_rrd_nl = TRUE;
+
+ if ($graph_item_types{$graph_item["graph_type_id"]} == "COMMENT") {
++ # perform variable substitution first (in case this will yield an empty results or brings command injection problems)
++ $comment_arg = rrd_substitute_host_query_data($graph_variables["text_format"][$graph_item_id], $graph, $graph_item);
++ # next, compute the argument of the COMMENT statement and perform injection counter measures
++ if (trim($comment_arg) == '') { # an empty COMMENT must be treated with care
++ $comment_arg = cacti_escapeshellarg(' ' . $hardreturn[$graph_item_id]);
++ } else {
++ $comment_arg = cacti_escapeshellarg($comment_arg . $hardreturn[$graph_item_id]);
++ }
++
++ # create rrdtool specific command line
+ if (read_config_option("rrdtool_version") != "rrd-1.0.x") {
+- $comment_string = $graph_item_types{$graph_item["graph_type_id"]} . ":" . str_replace(":", "\:", cacti_escapeshellarg($graph_variables["text_format"][$graph_item_id] . $hardreturn[$graph_item_id])) . " ";
+- if (trim($comment_string) == 'COMMENT:"\n"') {
+- $txt_graph_items .= 'COMMENT:" \n"'; # rrdtool will skip a COMMENT that holds a NL only; so add a blank to make NL work
+- } else if (trim($comment_string) != "COMMENT:\"\"") {
+- $txt_graph_items .= rrd_substitute_host_query_data($comment_string, $graph, $graph_item);
+- }
++ $txt_graph_items .= $graph_item_types{$graph_item["graph_type_id"]} . ":" . str_replace(":", "\:", $comment_arg) . " ";
+ }else {
+- $comment_string = $graph_item_types{$graph_item["graph_type_id"]} . ":" . cacti_escapeshellarg($graph_variables["text_format"][$graph_item_id] . $hardreturn[$graph_item_id]) . " ";
+- if (trim($comment_string) == 'COMMENT:"\n"') {
+- $txt_graph_items .= 'COMMENT:" \n"'; # rrdtool will skip a COMMENT that holds a NL only; so add a blank to make NL work
+- } else if (trim($comment_string) != "COMMENT:\"\"") {
+- $txt_graph_items .= rrd_substitute_host_query_data($comment_string, $graph, $graph_item);
+- }
++ $txt_graph_items .= $graph_item_types{$graph_item["graph_type_id"]} . ":" . $comment_arg . " ";
+ }
+ }elseif (($graph_item_types{$graph_item["graph_type_id"]} == "GPRINT") && (!isset($graph_data_array["graph_nolegend"]))) {
+ $graph_variables["text_format"][$graph_item_id] = str_replace(":", "\:", $graph_variables["text_format"][$graph_item_id]); /* escape colons */