[ZBX-9787] VMware credentials are not escaped during authentication Created: 2015 Aug 19  Updated: 2017 Dec 17  Resolved: 2017 Dec 17

Status: Closed
Project: ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
Component/s: Server (S)
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Incident report Priority: Minor
Reporter: Andris Zeila Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Duplicate Votes: 0
Labels: authentication, escaping, vmware
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
Duplicate
duplicates ZBX-11630 vmware collector fail to authenticate... Closed

 Description   

When preparing login request Zabbix directly copies user name and password into xml template without escaping. This means user has to manually escape xml characters <>",& when entering username/password, which is not good.



 Comments   
Comment by Glebs Ivanovskis (Inactive) [ 2017 Dec 17 ]

Closing as Duplicate of ZBX-11630 which solved the problem.

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