diff --git a/extra/mssqlsig/update.py b/extra/mssqlsig/update.py
index 91593105e..5bcda5013 100644
--- a/extra/mssqlsig/update.py
+++ b/extra/mssqlsig/update.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def updateMSSQLXML():
 
         return
 
-    releases = re.findall("class=\"BCC_DV_01DarkBlueTitle\">SQL Server\s(.+?)\sBuilds", mssqlVersionsHtmlString, re.I | re.M)
+    releases = re.findall("class=\"BCC_DV_01DarkBlueTitle\">SQL Server\s(.+?)\sBuilds", mssqlVersionsHtmlString, re.I)
     releasesCount = len(releases)
 
     # Create the minidom document
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def updateMSSQLXML():
             stopIdx = mssqlVersionsHtmlString.index("SQL Server %s Builds" % releases[index + 1])
 
         mssqlVersionsReleaseString = mssqlVersionsHtmlString[startIdx:stopIdx]
-        servicepackVersion = re.findall("</td><td>[7\.0|2000|2005|2008|2008 R2]*(.*?)</td><td.*?([\d\.]+)</td>[\r]*\n", mssqlVersionsReleaseString, re.I | re.M)
+        servicepackVersion = re.findall("</td><td>[7\.0|2000|2005|2008|2008 R2]*(.*?)</td><td.*?([\d\.]+)</td>[\r]*\n", mssqlVersionsReleaseString, re.I)
 
         for servicePack, version in servicepackVersion:
             if servicePack.startswith(" "):
diff --git a/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py b/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
index 975edab42..c0ce84dee 100644
--- a/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
+++ b/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def main():
     if stderr:
         failure_email("Execution of regression test failed with error:\n\n%s" % stderr)
 
-    failed_tests = re.findall("running live test case: (.+?) \((\d+)\/\d+\)[\r]*\n.+test failed (at parsing items: (.+))?\s*\- scan folder: (\/.+) \- traceback: (.*?)( - SQL injection not detected)?[\r]*\n", stdout, re.M)
+    failed_tests = re.findall("running live test case: (.+?) \((\d+)\/\d+\)[\r]*\n.+test failed (at parsing items: (.+))?\s*\- scan folder: (\/.+) \- traceback: (.*?)( - SQL injection not detected)?[\r]*\n", stdout)
 
     for failed_test in failed_tests:
         title = failed_test[0]
diff --git a/lib/controller/controller.py b/lib/controller/controller.py
index cf5dd8974..91ce1cda1 100644
--- a/lib/controller/controller.py
+++ b/lib/controller/controller.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def _formatInjection(inj):
         if inj.place == PLACE.CUSTOM_HEADER:
             payload = payload.split(',', 1)[1]
         if stype == PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.UNION:
-            count = re.sub(r"(?i)(\(.+\))|(\blimit[^A-Za-z]+)", "", sdata.payload).count(',') + 1
+            count = re.sub(r"(?i)(\(.+\))|(\blimit[^a-z]+)", "", sdata.payload).count(',') + 1
             title = re.sub(r"\d+ to \d+", str(count), title)
             vector = agent.forgeUnionQuery("[QUERY]", vector[0], vector[1], vector[2], None, None, vector[5], vector[6])
             if count == 1:
diff --git a/lib/core/agent.py b/lib/core/agent.py
index 9df2ee149..d7faac722 100644
--- a/lib/core/agent.py
+++ b/lib/core/agent.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class Agent(object):
         elif suffix and not comment:
             expression += suffix.replace('\\', BOUNDARY_BACKSLASH_MARKER)
 
-        return re.sub(r"(?s);\W*;", ";", expression)
+        return re.sub(r";\W*;", ";", expression)
 
     def cleanupPayload(self, payload, origValue=None):
         if payload is None:
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 2feb1f533..919c496c6 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ def getSQLSnippet(dbms, sfile, **variables):
 
     retVal = readCachedFileContent(filename)
     retVal = re.sub(r"#.+", "", retVal)
-    retVal = re.sub(r"(?s);\s+", "; ", retVal).strip("\r\n")
+    retVal = re.sub(r";\s+", "; ", retVal).strip("\r\n")
 
     for _ in variables.keys():
         retVal = re.sub(r"%%%s%%" % _, variables[_], retVal)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 68e63fbb7..1edf648e0 100755
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.1.4.23"
+VERSION = "1.1.4.24"
 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/lib/core/target.py b/lib/core/target.py
index dd974d9b2..790687597 100644
--- a/lib/core/target.py
+++ b/lib/core/target.py
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ def _setResultsFile():
         except (OSError, IOError), ex:
             try:
                 warnMsg = "unable to create results file '%s' ('%s'). " % (conf.resultsFilename, getUnicode(ex))
-                conf.resultsFilename = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.RESULTS, suffix=".csv")[1]
+                handle, conf.resultsFilename = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.RESULTS, suffix=".csv")
+                os.close(handle)
                 conf.resultsFP = openFile(conf.resultsFilename, "w+", UNICODE_ENCODING, buffering=0)
                 warnMsg += "Using temporary file '%s' instead" % conf.resultsFilename
                 logger.warn(warnMsg)
diff --git a/lib/utils/api.py b/lib/utils/api.py
index 1ccbfd10a..74f157c64 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api.py
+++ b/lib/utils/api.py
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ class Task(object):
         self.options = AttribDict(self._original_options)
 
     def engine_start(self):
-        configFile = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.CONFIG, text=True)[1]
+        handle, configFile = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.CONFIG, text=True)
+        os.close(handle)
         saveConfig(self.options, configFile)
 
         if os.path.exists("sqlmap.py"):
@@ -651,7 +652,8 @@ def server(host=RESTAPI_DEFAULT_ADDRESS, port=RESTAPI_DEFAULT_PORT, adapter=REST
     REST-JSON API server
     """
     DataStore.admin_id = hexencode(os.urandom(16))
-    Database.filepath = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.IPC, text=False)[1]
+    handle, Database.filepath = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.IPC, text=False)
+    os.close(handle)
 
     if port == 0:  # random
         with contextlib.closing(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)) as s:
diff --git a/lib/utils/crawler.py b/lib/utils/crawler.py
index 1e0b3df7d..edeb946fe 100644
--- a/lib/utils/crawler.py
+++ b/lib/utils/crawler.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def crawl(target):
                         tags = soup('a')
 
                         if not tags:
-                            tags = re.finditer(r'(?si)<a[^>]+href="(?P<href>[^>"]+)"', content)
+                            tags = re.finditer(r'(?i)<a[^>]+href="(?P<href>[^>"]+)"', content)
 
                         for tag in tags:
                             href = tag.get("href") if hasattr(tag, "get") else tag.group("href")
diff --git a/plugins/generic/syntax.py b/plugins/generic/syntax.py
index 9f52de28e..cb24360b6 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/syntax.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/syntax.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Syntax:
         retVal = expression
 
         if quote:
-            for item in re.findall(r"'[^']*'+", expression, re.S):
+            for item in re.findall(r"'[^']*'+", expression):
                 _ = item[1:-1]
                 if _:
                     retVal = retVal.replace(item, escaper(_))
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index b5296c25a..38bac4b1c 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ acba8b5dc93db0fe6b2b04ff0138c33c  extra/icmpsh/icmpsh.exe_
 2176d964f2d5ba2d871383d6a1868b8f  extra/icmpsh/icmpsh_m.py
 2d020d2bdcee1170805f48839fdb89df  extra/icmpsh/__init__.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  extra/__init__.py
-c7973dc651586ba26d9553ad1ecfee74  extra/mssqlsig/update.py
+20dd956898077268ce1acc017ecdbfd7  extra/mssqlsig/update.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  extra/safe2bin/__init__.py
 d3e99da5b5c2209e97836af9098124ee  extra/safe2bin/safe2bin.py
 d229479d02d21b29f209143cb0547780  extra/shellcodeexec/linux/shellcodeexec.x32_
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ d229479d02d21b29f209143cb0547780  extra/shellcodeexec/linux/shellcodeexec.x32_
 c55b400b72acc43e0e59c87dd8bb8d75  extra/shellcodeexec/windows/shellcodeexec.x32.exe_
 3c07d5ecd7208748892c0459f6ca084a  extra/shutils/duplicates.py
 8cd064eea3506e5dd913e03171bc418f  extra/shutils/pylint.py
-02b87ce441efb4e9e6249237a6ce9655  extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
+07afd64e65926bba66cee5ca092ac7d9  extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  extra/sqlharvest/__init__.py
 7713aa366c983cdf1f3dbaa7383ea9e1  extra/sqlharvest/sqlharvest.py
 5df358defc488bee9b40084892e3d1cb  lib/controller/action.py
 9cb94acd4c59822a5e1a258c4d1a4860  lib/controller/checks.py
-20fbacfdcef41214dc2e9ad31fbc28ad  lib/controller/controller.py
+8bf4fde39867b94600f61dc7fddcf3b0  lib/controller/controller.py
 d79481ab99acd739615e747d4a79d9d0  lib/controller/handler.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  lib/controller/__init__.py
-19905ecb4437b94512cf21d5f1720091  lib/core/agent.py
+5c4cddb0016d02a57bd1b05b3fc60c54  lib/core/agent.py
 6cc95a117fbd34ef31b9aa25520f0e31  lib/core/bigarray.py
-8f827c514751b85890da09581c21285c  lib/core/common.py
+1fa78f8104a2b39e87c19cb20e8eab72  lib/core/common.py
 5065a4242a8cccf72f91e22e1007ae63  lib/core/convert.py
 a8143dab9d3a27490f7d49b6b29ea530  lib/core/data.py
 7936d78b1a7f1f008ff92bf2f88574ba  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ dd19b4d930d418f8aef498941346ab2d  lib/core/option.py
 d8e9250f3775119df07e9070eddccd16  lib/core/replication.py
 785f86e3f963fa3798f84286a4e83ff2  lib/core/revision.py
 40c80b28b3a5819b737a5a17d4565ae9  lib/core/session.py
-4682e416a9eb8d2c5d0f8c6d433760b3  lib/core/settings.py
+c6ecd382fa5a3e8de450e55aa92c8b84  lib/core/settings.py
 d91291997d2bd2f6028aaf371bf1d3b6  lib/core/shell.py
 2ad85c130cc5f2b3701ea85c2f6bbf20  lib/core/subprocessng.py
-afd0636d2e93c23f4f0a5c9b6023ea17  lib/core/target.py
+2571146b71f487a3d11867746c033e40  lib/core/target.py
 8970b88627902239d695280b1160e16c  lib/core/testing.py
 5521241c750855a4e44747fbac7771c6  lib/core/threads.py
 ad74fc58fc7214802fd27067bce18dd2  lib/core/unescaper.py
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ be752c8075641bc390368c9955f34c91  lib/techniques/error/use.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  lib/techniques/union/__init__.py
 19fd73af7a278fd72b46a5a60f5bdd09  lib/techniques/union/test.py
 c2bf28aab749b0de30bfdeea6d09449f  lib/techniques/union/use.py
-981318873e2df1cc55173e8b8a4a7637  lib/utils/api.py
-29e32d59fcdd63c5a13498af1f367c8c  lib/utils/crawler.py
+67f0ad96ec2207d7e59c788b858afd6d  lib/utils/api.py
+c42203069fef3b326b42b464f3aa60d3  lib/utils/crawler.py
 ba12c69a90061aa14d848b8396e79191  lib/utils/deps.py
 3b9fd519164e0bf275d5fd361c3f11ff  lib/utils/getch.py
 ccfdad414ce2ec0c394c3deaa39a82bf  lib/utils/hashdb.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ feca57a968c528a2fe3ccafbc83a17f8  plugins/generic/fingerprint.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  plugins/generic/__init__.py
 8fd5913823e97e21a8eea717cd12fc96  plugins/generic/misc.py
 64b052d1df6d7fe34d73b51196f68ae3  plugins/generic/search.py
-dca509ef83bf7d74ad26ebe4a03e4c6a  plugins/generic/syntax.py
+562cfa80a15d5f7f1d52e10c5736d7e2  plugins/generic/syntax.py
 25cc2788cc3da6f8a0bcff0e41ff586e  plugins/generic/takeover.py
 02c8da99874f1cfd869d9e3bbb7c84e6  plugins/generic/users.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  plugins/__init__.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ a0200fc79bae0ec597b98c82894562a5  waf/armor.py
 d764bf3b9456a02a7f8a0149a93ff950  waf/aws.py
 dbc89fc642074c6d17a04532e623f976  waf/baidu.py
 e4e713cc4e5504eed0311fa62b05a6f9  waf/barracuda.py
-8a6f2edc3ff9c031e2b58733ee76cfa0  waf/bigip.py
+81af1707c0783d205075d887c9868043  waf/bigip.py
 2adee01cbf513944cd3d281af1c05a86  waf/binarysec.py
 db312318ee5309577917faca1cd2c077  waf/blockdos.py
 520ef7b59340b96b4a43e7fdba760967  waf/ciscoacexml.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ d50e17ed49e1a3cb846e652ed98e3b3c  waf/hyperguard.py
 5a364b68519a5872c4d60be11d2a23c1  waf/isaserver.py
 8bfbae2b692538da0fb1a812330b2649  waf/jiasule.py
 0b50798c12802bf98a850dd716b0d96d  waf/knownsec.py
-6d47157944211d758483ff8f97b810e8  waf/kona.py
+bb4177a5a1b4a8d590bf556b409625ac  waf/kona.py
 4fed33de1ffb2214bc1baa9f925c3eb9  waf/modsecurity.py
 fe690dfc4b2825c3682ceecef7ee9e6e  waf/netcontinuum.py
 bd55ed30291b31db63b761db472f41ea  waf/netscaler.py
diff --git a/waf/bigip.py b/waf/bigip.py
index dde3931bb..d022172ca 100644
--- a/waf/bigip.py
+++ b/waf/bigip.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def detect(get_page):
     for vector in WAF_ATTACK_VECTORS:
         _, headers, _ = get_page(get=vector)
         retval = headers.get("X-Cnection", "").lower() == "close"
-        retval |= re.search(r"\ATS[a-zA-Z0-9]{4,}=", headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE, ""), re.I) is not None
+        retval |= re.search(r"\ATS\w{4,}=", headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE, ""), re.I) is not None
         retval |= re.search(r"BigIP|BIGipServer", headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE, ""), re.I) is not None
         retval |= re.search(r"BigIP|BIGipServer", headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.SERVER, ""), re.I) is not None
         retval |= re.search(r"\AF5\Z", headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.SERVER, ""), re.I) is not None
diff --git a/waf/kona.py b/waf/kona.py
index bddd9154d..9db6a8ad6 100644
--- a/waf/kona.py
+++ b/waf/kona.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def detect(get_page):
 
     for vector in WAF_ATTACK_VECTORS:
         page, headers, code = get_page(get=vector)
-        retval = code in (400, 403, 501) and re.search(r"Reference #[0-9A-Fa-f.]+", page or "", re.I) is not None
+        retval = code in (400, 403, 501) and re.search(r"Reference #[0-9a-f.]+", page or "", re.I) is not None
         retval |= re.search(r"AkamaiGHost", headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.SERVER, ""), re.I) is not None
         if retval:
             break