From d4f479e7a897b28d06fb01d6b03038195c41465a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:22:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Minor update for #5910

---
 data/txt/sha256sums.txt | 4 ++--
 lib/core/option.py      | 8 ++++----
 lib/core/settings.py    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 5fa53a29f..747504173 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ c9d1f64648062d7962caf02c4e2e7d84e8feb2a14451146f627112aae889afcd  lib/core/dump.
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/core/__init__.py
 3d308440fb01d04b5d363bfbe0f337756b098532e5bb7a1c91d5213157ec2c35  lib/core/log.py
 2a06dc9b5c17a1efdcdb903545729809399f1ee96f7352cc19b9aaa227394ff3  lib/core/optiondict.py
-16a8a7be0d34a2ba77690375c03a5d2c905b752ab3f080c39fdce5f69c3df8ce  lib/core/option.py
+0622da3388cd9cfa80ea2dac86378efe47ff5e6902a7b04a91783b2e338b5eed  lib/core/option.py
 866e93c93541498ecce70125037bdd376d78188e481d225f81843f21f4797d8c  lib/core/patch.py
 85f10c6195a3a675892d914328173a6fb6a8393120417a2f10071c6e77bfa47d  lib/core/profiling.py
 c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readlineng.py
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-a5b7e56553e02ad012bba892d6d0ef8e927b8f94436c7df87b0371920e41e4d7  lib/core/settings.py
+fc8dda2955bde84ad8634ccfa26b962b62d452bb60cf447038cee1e5773c5344  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 77f8c4e33..58193b482 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2546,11 +2546,11 @@ def _checkTor():
 
     try:
         page, _, _ = Request.getPage(url="https://check.torproject.org/api/ip", raise404=False)
-        content = json.loads(page)
-    except SqlmapConnectionException:
-        content = None
+        tor_status = json.loads(page)
+    except (SqlmapConnectionException, TypeError, ValueError):
+        tor_status = None
 
-    if not content or not content.get("IsTor"):
+    if not tor_status or not tor_status.get("IsTor"):
         errMsg = "it appears that Tor is not properly set. Please try using options '--tor-type' and/or '--tor-port'"
         raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
     else:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 9c6c173f1..ee2746de9 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 = "1.9.6.1"
+VERSION = "1.9.6.2"
 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)