Update and fix for an Issue #182

lib/core/exception.py

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2012 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'doc/COPYING' for copying permission
 """
 
+class sqlmapCompressionException(Exception):
+    pass
+
 class sqlmapConnectionException(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ class sqlmapValueException(Exception):
     pass
 
 exceptionsTuple = (
+                    sqlmapCompressionException,
                     sqlmapConnectionException,
                     sqlmapDataException,
                     sqlmapFilePathException,

lib/core/option.py

@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ def __setKnowledgeBaseAttributes(flushAll=True):
     kb.multiThreadMode = False
     kb.negativeLogic = False
     kb.nullConnection = None
+    kb.pageCompress = True
     kb.pageTemplate = None
     kb.pageTemplates = dict()
     kb.previousMethod = None

lib/request/basic.py

@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.common import resetCookieJar
 from lib.core.common import singleTimeLogMessage
+from lib.core.common import singleTimeWarnMessage
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.enums import HTTPHEADER
 from lib.core.enums import PLACE
+from lib.core.exception import sqlmapCompressionException
 from lib.core.htmlentities import htmlEntities
 from lib.core.settings import DEFAULT_COOKIE_DELIMITER
 from lib.core.settings import ML
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
 
     if isinstance(contentEncoding, basestring) and contentEncoding.lower() in ("gzip", "x-gzip", "deflate"):
         try:
-            if contentEncoding == "deflate":
+            if contentEncoding.lower() == "deflate":
                 # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1089662/python-inflate-and-deflate-implementations
                 data = StringIO.StringIO(zlib.decompress(page, -15))
             else:
@@ -192,7 +194,12 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
             errMsg = "detected invalid data for declared content "
             errMsg += "encoding '%s' ('%s')" % (contentEncoding, msg)
             singleTimeLogMessage(errMsg, logging.ERROR)
-            return page
+
+            warnMsg = "turning off page compression"
+            singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
+
+            kb.pageCompress = False
+            raise sqlmapCompressionException
 
     if not conf.charset:
         httpCharset, metaCharset = None, None

lib/request/connect.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import NULLCONNECTION
 from lib.core.enums import PAYLOAD
 from lib.core.enums import PLACE
 from lib.core.enums import REDIRECTION
+from lib.core.exception import sqlmapCompressionException
 from lib.core.exception import sqlmapConnectionException
 from lib.core.exception import sqlmapSyntaxException
 from lib.core.settings import CUSTOM_INJECTION_MARK_CHAR
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class Connect:
                     warnMsg += "(e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tor)"
             else:
                 warnMsg = "if the problem persists please check that the provided "
-                warnMsg += "target url is valid. If it is, you can try to rerun "
+                warnMsg += "target url is valid. In case that it is, you can try to rerun "
                 warnMsg += "with the switch '--random-agent' turned on "
                 warnMsg += "and/or proxy switches (--ignore-proxy, --proxy,...)"
             singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class Connect:
                 headers[HTTPHEADER.PROXY_AUTHORIZATION] = kb.proxyAuthHeader
 
             headers[HTTPHEADER.ACCEPT] = HTTP_ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE
-            headers[HTTPHEADER.ACCEPT_ENCODING] = HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE if method != HTTPMETHOD.HEAD else "identity"
+            headers[HTTPHEADER.ACCEPT_ENCODING] = HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE if method != HTTPMETHOD.HEAD and kb.pageCompress else "identity"
             headers[HTTPHEADER.HOST] = host or getHostHeader(url)
 
             if auxHeaders:
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ class Connect:
                 debugMsg = "got HTTP error code: %d (%s)" % (code, status)
                 logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
-        except (urllib2.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, httplib.BadStatusLine, httplib.IncompleteRead, ProxyError), e:
+        except (urllib2.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, httplib.BadStatusLine, httplib.IncompleteRead, ProxyError, sqlmapCompressionException), e:
             tbMsg = traceback.format_exc()
 
             if "no host given" in tbMsg: