From 12594c2dc7652bbd6832df5be416b031e098c7e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:21:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Nobody is reporting comparison bug, thus, changing behavior

---
 data/txt/sha256sums.txt   |  4 ++--
 lib/core/settings.py      |  2 +-
 lib/request/comparison.py | 20 ++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index cdf15d46f..c73eeacc6 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-b63ca0a001ddca7f8b0c29046e1c79d0d394fb4026c24321d7dd8d530f19dd91  lib/core/settings.py
+a7498d5d6e0e51b8a8458c85dee52c20aeb815412f65dca979001ff7d78354b1  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ d7082e4a5937f65cbb4862701bad7d4fbc096a826621ba7eab92e52e48ebd6d7  lib/parse/site
 0f52f3c1d1f1322a91c98955bd8dc3be80964d8b3421d453a0e73a523c9cfcbf  lib/request/basicauthhandler.py
 48bdb0f5f05ece57e6e681801f7ed765739ebe537f9fa5a0465332d4f3f91c06  lib/request/basic.py
 fdb4a9f2ca9d01480c3eb115f6fdf8d89f8ff0506c56a223421b395481527670  lib/request/chunkedhandler.py
-bb8a06257d170b268c66dcbd3c0fbe013de52eed1e63bb68caa112af5b9f8ca9  lib/request/comparison.py
+c56a2c170507861403e0ddebd68a111bcf3a5f5fddc7334a9de4ecd572fdcc2f  lib/request/comparison.py
 cfa172dbc459a3250db7fbaadb62b282b62d56b4f290c585d3abec01597fcd40  lib/request/connect.py
 a890be5dee3fb4f5cb8b5f35984017a5c172d587722cf0c690bf50e338deebfa  lib/request/direct.py
 a53fa3513431330ce1725a90e7e3d20f223e14605d699e1f66b41625f04439c7  lib/request/dns.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b905d8111..820a6c064 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.7.5"
+VERSION = "1.9.7.6"
 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/request/comparison.py b/lib/request/comparison.py
index 56a064474..1730f2cca 100644
--- a/lib/request/comparison.py
+++ b/lib/request/comparison.py
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.exception import SqlmapNoneDataException
-from lib.core.exception import SqlmapSilentQuitException
 from lib.core.settings import DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING
-from lib.core.settings import DEV_EMAIL_ADDRESS
 from lib.core.settings import DIFF_TOLERANCE
 from lib.core.settings import HTML_TITLE_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import LOWER_RATIO_BOUND
@@ -37,14 +35,16 @@ from lib.core.threads import getCurrentThreadData
 from thirdparty import six
 
 def comparison(page, headers, code=None, getRatioValue=False, pageLength=None):
-    try:
-        _ = _adjust(_comparison(page, headers, code, getRatioValue, pageLength), getRatioValue)
-        return _
-    except:
-        warnMsg = "there was a KNOWN issue inside the internals regarding the difflib/comparison of pages. "
-        warnMsg += "Please report details privately via e-mail to '%s'" % DEV_EMAIL_ADDRESS
-        logger.critical(warnMsg)
-        raise SqlmapSilentQuitException
+    if not isinstance(page, (six.text_type, six.binary_type, type(None))):
+        logger.critical("got page of type %s; repr(page)[:200]=%s" % (type(page), repr(page)[:200]))
+
+        try:
+            page = b"".join(page)
+        except:
+            page = six.text_type(page)
+
+    _ = _adjust(_comparison(page, headers, code, getRatioValue, pageLength), getRatioValue)
+    return _
 
 def _adjust(condition, getRatioValue):
     if not any((conf.string, conf.notString, conf.regexp, conf.code)):