From 20d875a8cea906c0cb94b180d7a3557520cc4057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:10:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #4020

---
 lib/controller/checks.py | 3 ++-
 lib/core/common.py       | 2 +-
 lib/core/convert.py      | 7 ++++++-
 lib/core/settings.py     | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/controller/checks.py b/lib/controller/checks.py
index 02d8989ed..fab3f29e9 100644
--- a/lib/controller/checks.py
+++ b/lib/controller/checks.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from lib.core.common import unArrayizeValue
 from lib.core.common import wasLastResponseDBMSError
 from lib.core.common import wasLastResponseHTTPError
 from lib.core.compat import xrange
+from lib.core.convert import getBytes
 from lib.core.convert import getUnicode
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
@@ -788,7 +789,7 @@ def checkSqlInjection(place, parameter, value):
                                 logger.info(infoMsg)
 
                                 try:
-                                    process = subprocess.Popen(conf.alert.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding() or UNICODE_ENCODING), shell=True)
+                                    process = subprocess.Popen(getBytes(conf.alert, sys.getfilesystemencoding() or UNICODE_ENCODING), shell=True)
                                     process.wait()
                                 except Exception as ex:
                                     errMsg = "error occurred while executing '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.alert, getSafeExString(ex))
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 944c208c3..7f08066a5 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ def safeFilepathEncode(filepath):
     retVal = filepath
 
     if filepath and six.PY2 and isinstance(filepath, six.text_type):
-        retVal = filepath.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding() or UNICODE_ENCODING)
+        retVal = getBytes(filepath, sys.getfilesystemencoding() or UNICODE_ENCODING)
 
     return retVal
 
diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index 51e7d7b85..1655d3d43 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ def getBytes(value, encoding=UNICODE_ENCODING, errors="strict", unsafe=True):
 
     retVal = value
 
+    try:
+        codecs.lookup(encoding)
+    except LookupError:
+        encoding = UNICODE_ENCODING
+
     if isinstance(value, six.text_type):
         if INVALID_UNICODE_PRIVATE_AREA:
             if unsafe:
@@ -391,4 +396,4 @@ def getConsoleLength(value):
     else:
         retVal = len(value)
 
-    return retVal
\ No newline at end of file
+    return retVal
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 9fa6825f4..c49b5d5b2 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.11.117"
+VERSION = "1.3.11.118"
 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)