Fixes #1320

lib/core/common.py

@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ def dataToOutFile(filename, data):
                 f.write(data)
         except IOError, ex:
             errMsg = "something went wrong while trying to write "
-            errMsg += "to the output file ('%s')" % ex
+            errMsg += "to the output file ('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
             raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
     return retVal
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ def evaluateCode(code, variables=None):
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         raise
     except Exception, ex:
-        errMsg = "an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s'). " % ex
+        errMsg = "an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s') " % getUnicode(ex)
         raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
 def serializeObject(object_):

lib/core/dump.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Dump(object):
         try:
             self._outputFP.write(text)
         except IOError, ex:
-            errMsg = "error occurred while writing to log file ('%s')" % ex
+            errMsg = "error occurred while writing to log file ('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
             raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
         if kb.get("multiThreadMode"):
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Dump(object):
         try:
             self._outputFP = openFile(self._outputFile, "ab" if not conf.flushSession else "wb")
         except IOError, ex:
-            errMsg = "error occurred while opening log file ('%s')" % ex
+            errMsg = "error occurred while opening log file ('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
             raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
     def getOutputFile(self):

lib/core/option.py

@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ def _createTemporaryDirectory():
             os.makedirs(tempfile.gettempdir())
     except IOError, ex:
         errMsg = "there has been a problem while accessing "
-        errMsg += "system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please " % ex
+        errMsg += "system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please " % getUnicode(ex)
         errMsg += "make sure that there is enough disk space left. If problem persists, "
         errMsg += "try to set environment variable 'TEMP' to a location "
         errMsg += "writeable by the current user"

lib/core/replication.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Replication(object):
             try:
                 self.parent.cursor.execute(sql, parameters)
             except sqlite3.OperationalError, ex:
-                errMsg = "problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database " % ex
+                errMsg = "problem occurred ('%s') while accessing sqlite database " % unicode(ex)
                 errMsg += "located at '%s'. Please make sure that " % self.parent.dbpath
                 errMsg += "it's not used by some other program"
                 raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

lib/parse/cmdline.py

@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ def cmdLineParser():
                 for arg in shlex.split(command):
                     argv.append(getUnicode(arg, encoding=sys.stdin.encoding))
             except ValueError, ex:
-                raise SqlmapSyntaxException, "something went wrong during command line parsing ('%s')" % ex
+                raise SqlmapSyntaxException, "something went wrong during command line parsing ('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
 
         # Hide non-basic options in basic help case
         for i in xrange(len(argv)):

lib/utils/hash.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from lib.core.common import clearConsoleLine
 from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
 from lib.core.common import getFileItems
 from lib.core.common import getPublicTypeMembers
+from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import hashDBRetrieve
 from lib.core.common import hashDBWrite
 from lib.core.common import normalizeUnicode
@@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ def dictionaryAttack(attack_dict):
 
                 except Exception, ex:
                     warnMsg = "there was a problem while loading dictionaries"
-                    warnMsg += " ('%s')" % ex
+                    warnMsg += " ('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
                     logger.critical(warnMsg)
 
             message = "do you want to use common password suffixes? (slow!) [y/N] "

plugins/generic/entries.py

@@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ class Entries:
                         attackDumpedTable()
                     except (IOError, OSError), ex:
                         errMsg = "an error occurred while attacking "
-                        errMsg += "table dump ('%s')" % ex
+                        errMsg += "table dump ('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
                         logger.critical(errMsg)
                     conf.dumper.dbTableValues(kb.data.dumpedTable)
 
             except SqlmapConnectionException, ex:
                 errMsg = "connection exception detected in dumping phase "
-                errMsg += "('%s')" % ex
+                errMsg += "('%s')" % getUnicode(ex)
                 logger.critical(errMsg)
 
             finally: