diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 860518b80..54d8f908d 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ced1c82713afc1309c1495485b3d25a11c95af1f7460ea7922dbb96dacac37b4  lib/controller
 1966ca704961fb987ab757f0a4afddbf841d1a880631b701487c75cef63d60c3  lib/controller/__init__.py
 2a96190ced25d8929861b13866101812fcadf5cac23dd1dd4b29b1a915918769  lib/core/agent.py
 b13462712ec5ac07541dba98631ddcda279d210b838f363d15ac97a1413b67a2  lib/core/bigarray.py
-503466d627e7425b4d1a65f4a3abfb8412128de7c146cec711e093cc58d6fa64  lib/core/common.py
+feb54568653fe94cb8b5ec55f537152d34c594e853815c6ffdd6c5ec7f4a257c  lib/core/common.py
 a6397b10de7ae7c56ed6b0fa3b3c58eb7a9dbede61bf93d786e73258175c981e  lib/core/compat.py
 a9997e97ebe88e0bf7efcf21e878bc5f62c72348e5aba18f64d6861390a4dcf2  lib/core/convert.py
 c03dc585f89642cfd81b087ac2723e3e1bb3bfa8c60e6f5fe58ef3b0113ebfe6  lib/core/data.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ d9b37177efcaba035c7fabe7d015a3b63d9cfe502bb4998ff71e47f825eeaaca  lib/core/patch
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-1433f394e4f679241d6fe265b21c61f43176b11991a3fa54e369639e2d2b9e6a  lib/core/settings.py
+599ea3d2cfd4475d2602e4a8f3741681b753889eb39eede192252cb0b430958d  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index a22747d1e..3ca74653f 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1998,11 +1998,10 @@ def getLocalIP():
         debugMsg += "connection toward '%s'" % conf.hostname
         logger.debug(debugMsg)
     finally:
-        if s:
-            try:
-                s.close()
-            except:
-                pass
+        try:
+            s.close()
+        except socket.error:
+            pass
 
     return retVal
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 8afe71b64..ede7db213 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.2.16"
+VERSION = "1.10.2.17"
 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)