Patch for #5073

stamparm · stamparm · commit be987815c9c0 · 2022-04-21T15:03:22.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.6.4.4"
+VERSION = "1.6.4.5"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@ def main():
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
+        elif "invalid maximum character passed to PyUnicode_New" in excMsg and re.search(r"\A3\.[34]", sys.version) is not None:
+            errMsg = "please upgrade the Python version (>= 3.5) "
+            errMsg += "(Reference: 'https://bugs.python.org/issue18183')"
+            logger.critical(errMsg)
+            raise SystemExit
+
         elif all(_ in excMsg for _ in ("scramble_caching_sha2", "TypeError")):
             errMsg = "please downgrade the 'PyMySQL' package (=< 0.8.1) "
             errMsg += "(Reference: 'https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/issues/700')"
