minor improvement. messages are now warnings (not errors because lots of them are not causing problems for a normal usage) and most of all it's being checked only if the --dependencies is used (until now this switch has been ignored and turned on by default - always)

lib/core/option.py

@@ -1212,6 +1212,14 @@ def __setHTTPTimeout():
 
     socket.setdefaulttimeout(conf.timeout)
 
+def __checkDependencies():
+    """
+    Checks for missing dependencies.
+    """
+
+    if conf.dependencies:
+        checkDependencies()
+
 def __cleanupOptions():
     """
     Cleanup configuration attributes.
@@ -1744,7 +1752,7 @@ def init(inputOptions=advancedDict(), overrideOptions=False):
     __saveCmdline()
     __setRequestFromFile()
     __cleanupOptions()
-    checkDependencies()
+    __checkDependencies()
     __basicOptionValidation()
     __setTorProxySettings()
     __setMultipleTargets()

lib/parse/cmdline.py

@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def cmdLineParser():
 
         miscellaneous.add_option("--dependencies", dest="dependencies",
                                   action="store_true", default=False,
-                                  help="Show which sqlmap dependencies are not available")
+                                  help="Check for missing sqlmap dependencies")
 
         # Hidden and/or experimental options
         parser.add_option("--profile", dest="profile", action="store_true",

lib/utils/deps.py

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def checkDependencies():
                 import pymssql
 
                 if not hasattr(pymssql, "__version__") or pymssql.__version__ < "1.0.2":
-                    debugMsg = "'%s' third-party library must be " % data[1]
-                    debugMsg += "version >= 1.0.2 to work properly. "
-                    debugMsg += "Download from %s" % data[2]
-                    logger.debug(debugMsg)
+                    warnMsg = "'%s' third-party library must be " % data[1]
+                    warnMsg += "version >= 1.0.2 to work properly. "
+                    warnMsg += "Download from %s" % data[2]
+                    logger.warn(warnMsg)
             elif dbmsName == DBMS.MYSQL:
                 import MySQLdb
             elif dbmsName == DBMS.PGSQL:
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ def checkDependencies():
             elif dbmsName == DBMS.FIREBIRD:
                 import kinterbasdb
         except ImportError, _:
-            debugMsg = "sqlmap requires '%s' third-party library " % data[1]
-            debugMsg += "in order to directly connect to the database "
-            debugMsg += "%s. Download from %s" % (dbmsName, data[2])
-            logger.debug(debugMsg)
+            warnMsg = "sqlmap requires '%s' third-party library " % data[1]
+            warnMsg += "in order to directly connect to the database "
+            warnMsg += "%s. Download from %s" % (dbmsName, data[2])
+            logger.warn(warnMsg)
             missing_libraries.add(data[1])
 
             continue
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ def checkDependencies():
         debugMsg = "'python-impacket' third-party library is found"
         logger.debug(debugMsg)
     except ImportError, _:
-        debugMsg = "sqlmap requires 'python-impacket' third-party library for "
-        debugMsg += "out-of-band takeover feature. Download from "
-        debugMsg += "http://code.google.com/p/impacket/"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
+        warnMsg = "sqlmap requires 'python-impacket' third-party library for "
+        warnMsg += "out-of-band takeover feature. Download from "
+        warnMsg += "http://code.google.com/p/impacket/"
+        logger.warn(warnMsg)
         missing_libraries.add('python-impacket')
 
     try:
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ def checkDependencies():
         debugMsg = "'python-ntlm' third-party library is found"
         logger.debug(debugMsg)
     except ImportError, _:
-        debugMsg = "sqlmap requires 'python-ntlm' third-party library for "
-        debugMsg += "if you plan to attack a web application behind NTLM "
-        debugMsg += "authentication. Download from http://code.google.com/p/python-ntlm/"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
+        warnMsg = "sqlmap requires 'python-ntlm' third-party library for "
+        warnMsg += "if you plan to attack a web application behind NTLM "
+        warnMsg += "authentication. Download from http://code.google.com/p/python-ntlm/"
+        logger.warn(warnMsg)
         missing_libraries.add('python-ntlm')
 
     try:
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ def checkDependencies():
         debugMsg = "'python-svn' third-party library is found"
         logger.debug(debugMsg)
     except ImportError, _:
-        debugMsg = "sqlmap requires 'python-svn' third-party library for "
-        debugMsg += "if you want to use the sqlmap update functionality. "
-        debugMsg += "Download from http://pysvn.tigris.org/"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
+        warnMsg = "sqlmap requires 'python-svn' third-party library for "
+        warnMsg += "if you want to use the sqlmap update functionality. "
+        warnMsg += "Download from http://pysvn.tigris.org/"
+        logger.warn(warnMsg)
         missing_libraries.add('python-svn')
 
     if IS_WIN:
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ def checkDependencies():
             debugMsg = "'python-pyreadline' third-party library is found"
             logger.debug(debugMsg)
         except ImportError, _:
-            debugMsg = "sqlmap requires 'pyreadline' third-party library to "
-            debugMsg += "be able to take advantage of the sqlmap TAB "
-            debugMsg += "completion and history support features in the SQL "
-            debugMsg += "shell and OS shell. Download from "
-            debugMsg += "http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/PyReadline/Intro"
-            logger.debug(debugMsg)
+            warnMsg = "sqlmap requires 'pyreadline' third-party library to "
+            warnMsg += "be able to take advantage of the sqlmap TAB "
+            warnMsg += "completion and history support features in the SQL "
+            warnMsg += "shell and OS shell. Download from "
+            warnMsg += "http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/PyReadline/Intro"
+            logger.warn(warnMsg)
             missing_libraries.add('python-pyreadline')
 
     if len(missing_libraries) == 0: