Switching to the getSafeExString (where it can be used)

lib/core/common.py

@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ 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.message
+            errMsg += "to the output file ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
             raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
     return retVal
@@ -3008,7 +3008,7 @@ def createGithubIssue(errMsg, excMsg):
         else:
             warnMsg = "something went wrong while creating a Github issue"
             if ex:
-                warnMsg += " ('%s')" % ex.message
+                warnMsg += " ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
             if "Unauthorized" in warnMsg:
                 warnMsg += ". Please update to the latest revision"
             logger.warn(warnMsg)
@@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ def findPageForms(content, url, raise_=False, addToTargets=False):
                 request = form.click()
             except (ValueError, TypeError), ex:
                 errMsg = "there has been a problem while "
-                errMsg += "processing page forms ('%s')" % ex.message
+                errMsg += "processing page forms ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
                 if raise_:
                     raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
                 else:
@@ -3670,7 +3670,7 @@ def evaluateCode(code, variables=None):
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         raise
     except Exception, ex:
-        errMsg = "an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s') " % ex.message
+        errMsg = "an error occurred while evaluating provided code ('%s') " % getSafeExString(ex)
         raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
 def serializeObject(object_):
@@ -3977,3 +3977,18 @@ def pollProcess(process, suppress_errors=False):
                     dataToStdout(" quit unexpectedly with return code %d\n" % returncode)
 
             break
+
+def getSafeExString(ex):
+    """
+    Safe way how to get the proper exception represtation as a string
+    (Note: errors to be avoided: 1) "%s" % Exception(u'\u0161') and 2) "%s" % str(Exception(u'\u0161'))
+    """
+
+    retVal = ex
+
+    if getattr(ex, "message", None):
+        retVal = ex.message
+    elif getattr(ex, "msg", None):
+        retVal = ex.msg
+
+    return getUnicode(retVal)

lib/core/dump.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import threading
 from lib.core.common import Backend
 from lib.core.common import dataToDumpFile
 from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
+from lib.core.common import getSafeExString
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import isListLike
 from lib.core.common import normalizeUnicode
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class Dump(object):
         try:
             self._outputFP.write(text)
         except IOError, ex:
-            errMsg = "error occurred while writing to log file ('%s')" % ex.message
+            errMsg = "error occurred while writing to log file ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
             raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
         if kb.get("multiThreadMode"):
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ 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.message
+            errMsg = "error occurred while opening log file ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
             raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
     def getOutputFile(self):

lib/core/option.py

@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ 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.message
+        errMsg += "system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please " % getSafeExString(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"
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ def _mergeOptions(inputOptions, overrideOptions):
             inputOptions = base64unpickle(inputOptions.pickledOptions)
         except Exception, ex:
             errMsg = "provided invalid value '%s' for option '--pickled-options'" % inputOptions.pickledOptions
-            errMsg += " ('%s')" % ex.message if ex.message else ""
+            errMsg += " ('%s')" % ex if ex.message else ""
             raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
 
     if inputOptions.configFile: